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Gastroesophageal Reflux

"Gastroesophageal Reflux" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Retrograde flow of gastric juice (GASTRIC ACID) and/or duodenal contents (BILE ACIDS; PANCREATIC JUICE) into the distal ESOPHAGUS, commonly due to incompetence of the LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Gastroesophageal Reflux" by people in this website by year, and whether "Gastroesophageal Reflux" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 25 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2012 and 2013
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