Time esophageal pH < 4 overestimates the prevalence of pathologic esophageal reflux in subjects with gastroesophageal reflux disease treated with proton pump inhibitors

BACKGROUND: A Stanford University study reported that in asymptomatic GERD patients who were being treated with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), 50% had pathologic esophageal acid exposure. AIM: We considered the possibility that the high prevalence of pathologic esophageal reflux might simply have re...

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Autores principales: Gerson, Lauren B, Triadafilopoulos, George, Sahbaie, Peyman, Young, Winston, Sloan, Sheldon, Robinson, Malcolm, Miner, Philip B, Gardner, Jerry D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-8-15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-8-15

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