Esophageal Histology Does Not Provide Additional Useful Information Over Clinical Assessment in Identifying Reflux Patients Presenting for Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 45 (2) , 217-224
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005449302408
Abstract
We prospectively evaluated the value of histology in identifying gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in consecutive patients enrolled for upper endoscopy. GERD was defined as heartburn occurring...Keywords
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