TY - CHAP AU - Michele Grande AU - Massimo Villa AU - Federica Cadeddu ED - Mauro Bortolotti Y1 - 2012-03-16 PY - 2012 T1 - Esophageal Motility and Gastroesophageal Reflux N2 - Gastroesophageal reflux disease affects many patients. This disease not only lowers their quality of life, but it also threatens some of them with an underhand risk of cancer. Additionally, it becomes an economic burden for the patients and society. The aim of this book on gastroesophageal reflux disease is to provide advice and guidance to gastroenterologists to help them understand and manage some aspects of this proteiform disease. BT - Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/29191 DO - 10.5772/29191 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-23 ER -