Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Medical or Surgical Treatment?
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Medical or Surgical Treatment?
BACKGROUND Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a common condition with increasing prevalence worldwide. The disease encompasses a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms and disorders from simple heartburn without esophagitis to erosive esophagitis with severe complications, such as esophageal strictures and intestinal metaplasia. Diagnosis is based mainly on ambulatory esophageal pH testing and end...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology Research and Practice
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1687-6121,1687-630X
DOI: 10.1155/2009/371580