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Impact of oesophagitis classification in evaluating healing of erosive oesophagitis after therapy with proton pump inhibitors: a pooled analysis

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The results of clinical trials with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are usually based on the Hetzel-Dent (HD), Savary-Miller (SM), or Los Angeles (LA) classifications to describe the severity and assess the healing of erosive oesophagitis. However, it is not known whether these classifications are comparable. The aim of this study was to review systematically the literature to compare the healing rates of erosive oesophagitis …

Authors

Yaghoobi M; Padol S; Yuan Y; Hunt RH

Journal

European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 583–590

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

May 2010

DOI

10.1097/meg.0b013e328335d95d

ISSN

0954-691X