Disease characteristics in non-erosive reflux disease with and without endoscopically minimal change esophagitis: Are they different?

Digestion

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-32

  Lei, Wei Yi ^a   Liu, Tso Tsai ^a   Yi, Chih Hsun ^a   Chen, Chien Lin ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Manometry; Minimal change esophagitis; Non erosive reflux disease; pH metry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTRIC PH MONITORING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; NON EROSIVE REFLUX DISEASE; PERISTALSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH PH; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 83155183977     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334715     Document Type: Article

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