Obesity Correlates with Gastroesophageal Reflux
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 44 (11) , 2290-2294
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1026617106755
Abstract
Thirty morbidly obese patients presenting forbariatric surgery were evaluated for symptomatic andobjective evidence of gastroesophageal reflux. Sixteenpatients had heartburn while 14 were...Keywords
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