Clinical Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Pepsin in Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux among Wheezy Infants

Background. There is no gold standard test for diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) associated infantile wheezing. Objectives. To evaluate the value of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) pepsin assay in diagnosis of GERD in wheezy infants. Methods. Fifty-two wheezy infants were evaluated fo...

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Autores principales: Abdallah, Ahmed Fathi, El-Desoky, Tarek, Fathi, Khalid, Elkashef, Wagdy Fawzi, Zaki, Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4969502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27516725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9480843

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