Clinical Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Pepsin in Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux among Wheezy Infants

Background. There is no gold standard test for diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) associated infantile wheezing. Objectives. To evaluate the value of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) pepsin assay in diagnosis of GERD in wheezy infants. Methods. Fifty-two wheezy infants were evaluated fo...

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Published in:Can Respir J
Main Authors: Abdallah, Ahmed Fathi, El-Desoky, Tarek, Fathi, Khalid, Elkashef, Wagdy Fawzi, Zaki, Ahmed
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4969502/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27516725
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9480843
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