High Prevalence of Esophageal Dysmotility in Asymptomatic Obese Patients
BACKGROUND: Obesity is an important health problem affecting >500 million people worldwide. Esophageal dysmotility is a gastrointestinal pathology associated with obesity; however, its prevalence and characteristics remain unclear. Esophageal dysmotilities have a high prevalence among obese patie...
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| author | Justin Côté-Daigneault Pierre Leclerc Josette Joubert Mickael Bouin |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Obesity is an important health problem affecting >500 million people worldwide. Esophageal dysmotility is a gastrointestinal pathology associated with obesity; however, its prevalence and characteristics remain unclear. Esophageal dysmotilities have a high prevalence among obese patients regardless of gastrointestinal symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-12843969ea30471aa0caec1909a4fdfd2025-08-20T02:02:12ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology2291-27892291-27972014-01-0128631131410.1155/2014/960520High Prevalence of Esophageal Dysmotility in Asymptomatic Obese PatientsJustin Côté-Daigneault0Pierre Leclerc1Josette Joubert2Mickael Bouin3Gastroenterology Service, Research Centre of St-Luc Hospital (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, CanadaGastroenterology Service, Research Centre of St-Luc Hospital (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, CanadaGastroenterology Service, Research Centre of St-Luc Hospital (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, CanadaGastroenterology Service, Research Centre of St-Luc Hospital (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBACKGROUND: Obesity is an important health problem affecting >500 million people worldwide. Esophageal dysmotility is a gastrointestinal pathology associated with obesity; however, its prevalence and characteristics remain unclear. Esophageal dysmotilities have a high prevalence among obese patients regardless of gastrointestinal symptoms.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/960520 |
| spellingShingle | Justin Côté-Daigneault Pierre Leclerc Josette Joubert Mickael Bouin High Prevalence of Esophageal Dysmotility in Asymptomatic Obese Patients Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
| title | High Prevalence of Esophageal Dysmotility in Asymptomatic Obese Patients |
| title_full | High Prevalence of Esophageal Dysmotility in Asymptomatic Obese Patients |
| title_fullStr | High Prevalence of Esophageal Dysmotility in Asymptomatic Obese Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | High Prevalence of Esophageal Dysmotility in Asymptomatic Obese Patients |
| title_short | High Prevalence of Esophageal Dysmotility in Asymptomatic Obese Patients |
| title_sort | high prevalence of esophageal dysmotility in asymptomatic obese patients |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/960520 |
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