Pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-351

  Lee, Yeong Yeh ^a,b   McColl, Kenneth E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acid pocket; Gastroesophageal junction; Hiatus hernia; Intrasphincteric reflux; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARDIA; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS PH; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PH; STOMACH PRESSURE; STOMACH WALL; SWALLOWING;

EID: 85027938772     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: 15321916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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