The Potential Impact of Contemporary Developments in the Management of Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Undergoing an Initial Gastroscopy | Zendy

Suhail B. Salem | Zendy; Yaël B. Kushner | Zendy; Victoria Marcus | Zendy; Serge Mayrand | Zendy; Carlo A Fallone | Zendy; Alan Barkun | Zendy

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The Potential Impact of Contemporary Developments in the Management of Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Undergoing an Initial Gastroscopy

Author(s) -

Suhail B. Salem,

Yaël B. Kushner,

Victoria Marcus,

Serge Mayrand,

Carlo A Fallone,

Alan Barkun

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

canadian journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-7237

pISSN - 0835-7900

DOI - 10.1155/2009/859271

Subject(s) - medicine , gerd , gastroenterology , heartburn , dysphagia , intestinal metaplasia , esophagus , metaplasia , eosinophilic esophagitis , reflux , barrett's esophagus , disease , reflux esophagitis , esophagitis , dysplasia , radiology , adenocarcinoma , cancer

Recent developments may alter the approach to patients presenting with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)-like symptoms. A newly proposed Montreal consensus definition of Barrett's esophagus includes all types of esophageal columnar metaplasia, with or without intestinal-type metaplasia. There is also increasing recognition of eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) in patients with GERD-like symptoms.

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