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Postprandial Proximal Gastric Acid Pocket Enlarged in Patients With Severe Reflux
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Title Postprandial Proximal Gastric Acid Pocket Enlarged in Patients With Severe Reflux
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/571881?src=rss
Description An unbuffered acidic region in the gastric cardia present during the postprandial period is larger in patients with severe reflux disease than in healthy subjects, often extending to the border of the gastroesophageal junction, a UK research team reports. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Gastroenterology
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Date Mar 25, 2008
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