The prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and reflux esophagitis in dialysis patients: between facts and fiction

The prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and reflux esophagitis in dialysis patients: between facts and fiction

The prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who are on regular hemodialysis (HD) and those who are on peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been a subject of discussion over the past decades. Although, to our knowledge, few studies have compared the pre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ibrahiem Saeed Abdul-Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-04-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophagitis, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, H. pylori.
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/165

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