Use and yield of endoscopy in patients with uncomplicated gastroesophageal reflux disorder

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 462-465

  Kramer, Jennifer R ^a,c   Shakhatreh, Mohammad H ^a,b,c   Naik, Aanand D ^a,b,c   Duan, Zhigang ^a,c   El Serag, Hashem B ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84897674479     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13015     Document Type: Article

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