Non-esophageal symptoms cannot differentiate between erosive reflux esophagitis and non-erosive reflux disease in a referred population

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 797-802

  Zimmerman, Joseph ^a   Hershcovici, Tiberiu ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

NERD; Reflux esophagitis; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIGASTRIC FULLNESS; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEURASTHENIA; NOCTURIA; NON EROSIVE REFLUX DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEST PAIN; CONSTIPATION; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 79960204264     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.579997     Document Type: Article

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