The effects of obesity on oesophageal function, acid exposure and the symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 555-563

  Anggiansah, R ^a   Sweis, R ^a   Anggiansah, A ^a   Wong, T ^a   Cooper, D ^b   Fox, M ^c  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH PRESSURE; SYMPTOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873405979     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apt.12208     Document Type: Article

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