Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Hyo Jin Park

doi:10.5124/jkma.2003.46.11.1025

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Park: Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

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Journal of the Korean Medical Association

Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2003; 46(11): 1025-1034.

Published online: 30 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2003.46.11.1025

Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Hyo Jin Park, M.D.

Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Korea. HJPARK21@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

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This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Nowadays the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) seems to be increasing in Korea, and many physicians are concerned about the disorder. However GERD has a broad spectrum of symptoms, and diverse diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. In addition, the prevalence, symptomatology, clinical pictures, and even diagnosis and treatment approaches of GERD are different between in Korea and in Western countries. In this review I will discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for patients with GERD, especially from a Korean point of view.

Keywords: Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Reflux esophagitis

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