Journal article
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