Comorbidities are frequent in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease in a tertiary health care hospital

INTRODUCTION: Several aspects of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have been studied, but the frequency of comorbidities is not yet fully understood. OBJECTIVES: To study the prevalence of GERD comorbidities in a tertiary care hospital. METHODS: We prospectively studied 670 consecutive adult pa...

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Main Authors: Joaquim Prado P Moraes-Filho, Tomás Navarro-Rodriguez, Jaime N Eisig, Ricardo C Barbuti, Decio Chinzon, Eamonn M M Quigley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2009-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322009000800013