The refluxate: The impact of its magnitude, composition and distribution

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 861-871

  Woodland, Philip ^a   Sifrim, Daniel ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid; Barrett's oesophagus; Bile acids; Gastro oesophageal reflux disease; Heartburn; Non erosive reflux disease; Oesophageal adenocarcinoma; Oesophagitis; Refluxate

Indexed keywords

ACID; BILE ACID; PANCREAS ENZYME; PEPSIN A;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COUGHING; DUODENOGASTRIC REFLUX; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS PH; GAS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PERISTALSIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REFLUXATE; REVIEW; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH PH;

EID: 78649753240     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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