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Acid Reflux Disease
Reports summarize acid reflux disease research from A.J.P.M. Smout and co-authors
March 9th, 2008
" Oesophageal pH monitoring has been used for three decades to study but it does not allow detection of non-acid gastro-oesophageal reflux, reflux episodes. To discuss the techniques by which non-acid reflux can be measured and to evaluate the clinical relevance of such measurements," investigators in Netherlands report. " Review of the literature on non-acid reflux monitoring. Ambulatory oesophageal impedance monitoring (using a catheter with ring electrodes) allows one to detect all types of gastro-oesophageal reflux, acid as well as non-acid. Measurement of infra-oesophageal bilirubin concentration also detects reflux irrespective of the pH, but only when there is...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-03-09)
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