Influence of age and sex on endoscopic findings of gastrooesophageal reflux disease: An endoscopy database study

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 389-395

  Menon, Shyam ^a   Jayasena, Hiruni ^a   Nightingale, Peter ^b   Trudgill, Nigel John ^a  

^a SANDWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrett's oesophagus; benign oesophageal stricture; gastrooesophageal reflux disease; hiatus hernia; reflux oesophagitis; sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955066490     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328345d429     Document Type: Article

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