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Pathophysiology,diagnosis, and pharmacological treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux disease |
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| Authors: | Vincenzo Savarino Elisa Marabotto Patrizia Zentilin Manuele Furnari Giorgia Bodini Costanza De Maria |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa , Genoa, Italy vsavarin@unige.it!["ORCID]({"type":"image","src":"/templates/jsp/images/orcid.png"} "\"ORCID") https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6803-1952;3. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa , Genoa, Italy |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT IntroductionGastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a highly prevalent, chronic, relapsing disorder, whose knowledge has increased in last years thanks to the advent of new sophisticated techniques, such as 24-h impedance-pH monitoring and high-resolution manometry, for the study of esophageal functions. |
| Keywords: | Gastroesophageal reflux disease pathophysiology diagnosis impedance-pH monitoring pharmacological treatment |