The acid pocket: A target for treatment in reflux disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1058-1064

  Kahrilas, Peter J ^a   McColl, Kenneth ^b   Fox, Mark ^c   O'Rourke, Lisa ^d   Sifrim, Daniel ^e   Smout, Andre J P M ^f   Boeckxstaens, Guy ^g  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Mash Health Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACLOFEN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SUMATRIPTAN;

ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTRIC PH MONITORING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PH; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH MUSCLE; STOMACH SECRETION;

ALGINATES; ANTACIDS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTRIC ACID; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS;

EID: 84880223997     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2013.132     Document Type: Article

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