Archives of Medical Research
Volume 40, Issue 7 , Pages 576-581 , October 2009

Effect of Body Weight and Esophageal Damage on the Severity of Gastroesophageal Reflux Symptoms. Mexican GERD Working Group

  • Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga

      Affiliations

    • Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas
    • Department of Research, Hospital Regional de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprints requests to: Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, 7620 NW Loop 410, San Antonio 78227, TX; Phone: 78245-0549
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  • José Antonio Vargas

      Affiliations

    • ALTANA Pharma SA de CV, Mexico, Naucalpan de Juarez, Estado de México, Mexico
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  • Luis Humberto Lopez

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato, México
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  • Ronnie Fass

      Affiliations

    • Health Sciences Center and University Medical Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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  • Sergio Sobrino-Cossio

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Endoscopía, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
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  • Paul Higgins

      Affiliations

    • Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas
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  • Anthony Comuzzie

      Affiliations

    • Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas

Received 4 June 2008 ,Accepted 27 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2009.08.003

Archives of Medical Research
Volume 40, Issue 7 , Pages 576-581 , October 2009

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