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Association of Visceral Fat Area, Smoking, and Alcohol Consumption with Reflux Esophagitis and Barrett's Esophagus in Japan. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Central obesity has been suggested as a risk factor for gastroesophageal reflux disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of visceral fat area and other lifestyle factors with reflux esophagitis or Barrett's esophagus in Japanese ...
Juntaro Matsuzaki +8 more
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From Reflux Esophagitis to Esophageal Adenocarcinoma [PDF]
Digestive Diseases, 2016 Reflux esophagitis causes Barrett's metaplasia, an abnormal esophageal mucosa predisposed to adenocarcinoma. Medical therapy for reflux esophagitis focuses on decreasing gastric acid production with proton pump inhibitors. We have reported that reflux esophagitis in a rat model develops from a cytokine-mediated inflammatory injury, not from a caustic ...
R. Souza
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Esophageal Mucosal Resistance in Reflux Esophagitis: What We Have Learned So Far and What Remains to Be Learned [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2023 Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has the highest prevalence among diseases of the digestive system and is characterized by a significant decrease in patients’ quality of life, comparable to arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease.
Igor V. Maev +4 more
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Reflux Esophagitis and Fatigue: Are They Related? [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2021 Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic, recurrent disease. Reflux esophagitis can interfere with sleep via acid reflux, which can cause daytime sleepiness or fatigue. However, little is known about the association between reflux esophagitis and fatigue.
Kang SG +8 more
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Investigation of the mechanism by which miR-223-3p inhibits reflux esophagitis through targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome [PDF]
BMC GastroenterologyBackground Reflux esophagitis is a common gastrointestinal disorder characterized by significant inflammatory responses. The NLRP3 inflammasome plays a crucial role in inflammation, and miR- 223 - 3p has been found to inhibit its expression by targeting ...
Shuying Lin +4 more
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The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal ResearchReflux esophagitis is a significant clinical manifestation of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and its prevalence is increasing because of lifestyle changes and increasing obesity.
Kyoungwon Jung
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Reflux Complaints, Symptom Score and the Use of Medication in Patients with Reflux Esophagitis: Results of a Long-Term Follow-Up Study [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2001 Reflux esophagitis requires maintenance treatment. A cross-sectional descriptive study was done to assess the use of medication and prevalence of complaints in patients with esophagitis more than 4.5 years after diagnosis.
Ruud JLF Loffeld
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The Scientific World Journal, 2012 Background. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disease and a major upper gastrointestinal problem. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the use of noninvasive 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) to
Min-Kuei Tsai +8 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 PurposeEsophageal atresia (EA) is a congenital anomaly of the foregut. Although the survival has improved over the years there is a significant gastrointestinal morbidity affecting physical function and health-related quality of life.
Felipe Donoso +3 more
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Histomorphological and Immunophenotypic Features of Pill-Induced Esophagitis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The aim of this study was to investigate histomorphological and immunophenotypic features in pill-induced esophagitis. We comparatively evaluated the histomorphological, immunophenotypic features of pill-induced esophagitis vs.
Ji Won Kim +7 more
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