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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
Oesophageal transmucosal potential difference (PD) was measured in 76 patients during endoscopy. Twelve patients with no symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux, and normal oesophageal appearance on endoscopy and mucosal biopsy had a PD of -18.3 +/- 3.8 mV (mean +/- SD). Thirty three patients had reflux symptoms but the oesophagus appeared normal at endoscopy. Eighteen of these patients had reflux change on oesophageal suction biopsies and the PD in the same region of the oesophagus in this group was -18.1 +/- 7.5 mV. In 15 of the patients, mucosal biopsies were normal and the PD in this group was -18.8 +/- 9.9 mV. Thirty one patients had erosive oesophagitis and PD values in this group were markedly reduced. Twenty seven of these patients had PD values less than -10 mV. We conclude that PD measured by our technique is abnormal in erosive oesophagitis but that it is of no value in the diagnosis of mild mucosal damage in patients with reflux symptoms when endoscopic findings are normal.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0017-5749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1103-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Endoscopic measurement of oesophageal transmucosal potential difference in reflux oesophagitis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't