Medical Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Options and Priorities
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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: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0835-7900
DOI: 10.1155/1993/704563