Role of Esophageal Function Tests in Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 46 (3) , 597-602
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005611602100
Abstract
Clinicians typically make the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) from the clinical findings and then prescribe acid-suppressing drugs. Endoscopy is usually done for persistent or...Keywords
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