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REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE PNEUMOLOGIA
Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 899-921Publisher
ELSEVIER ESPANA SLU
DOI: 10.1016/S0873-2159(15)30185-9
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Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease; lung disorders; prevalence and mechanisms
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Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease is a consequence of pathological reflux from stomach to oesophagus. Whenever the refluxed contents extended beyond the oesophagus itself, is called Extraoesophageal Reflux Disease. The author proposes a review about pulmonary disorders and gastroesophageal reflux. Previously, it is evaluated in an abridged way, the concepts of each diseases and after that, in a systematic form, it is discussed the prevalence of gastro-oesophageal reflux in lung diseases, all the mechanisms studies and the impact of gastro-oesophageal treatment on lung disorders. The author concludes that is undeniable the link between Gastro-oesophageal reflux and lung diseases and further reaserch is mandatory in order to corroborate this association.
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