Ambulatory 24-hour multichannel intraluminal impedance-pH monitoring and high resolution endoscopy distinguish patients with non-erosive reflux disease from those with functional heartburn.

AIMS:To assess the contribution of 24-h esophageal multichannel intraluminal impedance and pH (MII-pH) monitoring and high resolution endoscopy (HRE) with i-scan imaging in differentiating non erosive reflux disease (NERD) from functional heartburn (FH). METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort study...

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Main Authors: Chuanlian Chu, Quanlin Du, Changqing Li, Linlu Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhou, Fang Zuo, Yanmin Zhang, Fang Li, Guofeng Xie, Yanqing Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5383280?pdf=render