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Acid Reflux Disease
Researchers from University of Bristol describe findings in acid reflux disease
July 8th, 2008
" Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) affects up to 20% of Western populations. Although individual morbidity is usually moderate, treatment costs are high and there are associations with other diseases, including laryngeal cancer," scientists writing in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine report. "To date, there have been no studies of the mucosal immune response to this common inflammatory disease. To determine the mucosal immune response to LPR. We performed a prospective immunologic study of laryngeal biopsies from patients with LPR and control subjects (n = 12 and 11, respectively), and of primary laryngeal epithelial cells in vitro....
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-07-08)
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