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[Gastroesophageal reflux symptoms: their association with dyspepsia]
Germán Ramos-Tabacchi1, Raúl León-Barúa, Roberto Berendson-Seminario
1Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
Abstract:
The clinical histories of 364 patients with heartburn and/or regurgitations, that is, with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux (GER), were reviewed to determine the frequencies with which these symptoms appeared in isolated form or associated with manifestations of dyspepsia. Only 41 (11.3%) of the patients presented symptoms of GER in isolated form; in the remaining 323 (88.7%), the symptoms appeared associated with manifestations of dyspepsia. In view of these results and various reasons exposed in the present article, we question the decision of the Rome Working Group of separating the GER from the dyspeptic syndrome.
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