Obesity and Gastroesophageal Reflux: Quantifying the Association Between Body Mass Index, Esophageal Acid Exposure, and Lower Esophageal Sphincter Status in a Large Series of Patients with Reflux Symptoms

INTRODUCTION: Obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are increasingly important health problems. Previous studies of the relationship between obesity and GERD focus on indirect manifestations of GERD. Little is known about the association between obesity and objectively measured esophage...

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Autores principales: Ayazi, Shahin, Hagen, Jeffrey A., Chan, Linda S., DeMeester, Steven R., Lin, Molly W., Ayazi, Ali, Leers, Jessica M., Oezcelik, Arzu, Banki, Farzaneh, Lipham, John C., DeMeester, Tom R., Crookes, Peter F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2710497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19475461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11605-009-0930-7

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