TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical features of reflux esophagitis in older people
T2 - A study of 840 consecutive patients
AU - Pilotto, Alberto
AU - Franceschi, Marilisa
AU - Leandro, Gioacchino
AU - Scarcelli, Carlo
AU - D'Ambrosio, Luigi P.
AU - Seripa, Davide
AU - Perri, Francesco
AU - Niro, Valeria
AU - Paris, Francesco
AU - Andriulli, Angelo
AU - Di Mario, Francesco
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To compare symptoms and other clinical characteristics of reflux esophagitis in patients of different ages. DESIGN: Observational cross-sectional study of consecutive patients. SETTING: Geriatric Unit, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico. PARTICIPANTS: Eight hundred forty patients with endoscopically diagnosed erosive esophagitis divided into four groups according to age (young (
AB - OBJECTIVES: To compare symptoms and other clinical characteristics of reflux esophagitis in patients of different ages. DESIGN: Observational cross-sectional study of consecutive patients. SETTING: Geriatric Unit, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico. PARTICIPANTS: Eight hundred forty patients with endoscopically diagnosed erosive esophagitis divided into four groups according to age (young (
KW - Elderly
KW - Esophagitis
KW - Gastroesophageal reflux disease
KW - H. pylori
KW - Hiatus hernia
KW - Symptoms
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00899.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00899.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17038071
AN - SCOPUS:33749870633
VL - 54
SP - 1537
EP - 1542
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
SN - 0002-8614
IS - 10
ER -