Functional heartburn vs. non-erosive reflux disease: similarities and differences
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Functional heartburn and non-erosive reflux disease.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disorder in Western countries. For many years our attention has been focused on patients with erosive esophagitis, but in recent times we have realized that endoscopy-negative reflux disease is the most common presentation of this illness, affecting up to 70% of these individuals. Patients with the non-erosive form (NERD) are a heterogeneous gr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0269-2813,1365-2036
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03666.x