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GORD: progress in clinical understanding. Eamonn M M Quigley MD Professor of medicine and Human Physiology and Head of the Medical School National University of Ireland, Cork

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According to the traditional endoscopic classification, four categories of gastroesophageal reflux disease were defined; esophagitis, peptic stricture, Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma. Recent studies have revealed the high prevalence of nonerosive reflux disease, which should now be included, in a new paradigm of gastroesophageal reflux. This, of course, would still include erosive disease or esophagitis, and erosive disease complicated by such disorders as stricture and Barrett's.

 

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