| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Prevalence and clinical spectrum of gastroesophageal reflux: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
|
Gastroenterology
|
1997
|
8.51
|
|
2
|
Epidemiology of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a systematic review.
|
Gut
|
2005
|
7.35
|
|
3
|
Endoscopic assessment of oesophagitis: clinical and functional correlates and further validation of the Los Angeles classification.
|
Gut
|
1999
|
7.14
|
|
4
|
Appearance of enhanced tissue features in narrow-band endoscopic imaging.
|
J Biomed Opt
|
2004
|
5.16
|
|
5
|
An evidence-based appraisal of reflux disease management--the Genval Workshop Report.
|
Gut
|
1999
|
3.45
|
|
6
|
A new questionnaire for gastroesophageal reflux disease.
|
Mayo Clin Proc
|
1994
|
3.14
|
|
7
|
Risk factors associated with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux.
|
Am J Med
|
1999
|
2.75
|
|
8
|
The utility of a novel narrow band imaging endoscopy system in patients with Barrett's esophagus.
|
Gastrointest Endosc
|
2006
|
2.71
|
|
9
|
Short-term treatment with proton-pump inhibitors as a test for gastroesophageal reflux disease: a meta-analysis of diagnostic test characteristics.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2004
|
2.67
|
|
10
|
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in primary care: an international study of different treatment strategies with omeprazole. International GORD Study Group.
|
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol
|
1998
|
2.44
|
|
11
|
Ambulatory esophageal pH monitoring using a wireless system.
|
Am J Gastroenterol
|
2003
|
2.44
|
|
12
|
Time trends of gastroesophageal reflux disease: a systematic review.
|
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
|
2006
|
2.26
|
|
13
|
Initial validation of a diagnostic questionnaire for gastroesophageal reflux disease.
|
Am J Gastroenterol
|
2001
|
2.23
|
|
14
|
Clinical esophageal pH recording: a technical review for practice guideline development.
|
Gastroenterology
|
1996
|
2.14
|
|
15
|
Magnifying endoscopy, stereoscopic microscopy, and the microvascular architecture of superficial esophageal carcinoma.
|
Endoscopy
|
2002
|
2.01
|
|
16
|
ACG practice guidelines: esophageal reflux testing.
|
Am J Gastroenterol
|
2007
|
1.98
|
|
17
|
Quality of life in relation to symptoms in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease-- an analysis based on the ProGERD initiative.
|
Aliment Pharmacol Ther
|
2003
|
1.91
|
|
18
|
Dilated intercellular spaces: a morphological feature of acid reflux--damaged human esophageal epithelium.
|
Gastroenterology
|
1996
|
1.81
|
|
19
|
Erosive esophagitis and nonerosive reflux disease (NERD): comparison of epidemiologic, physiologic, and therapeutic characteristics.
|
J Clin Gastroenterol
|
2007
|
1.79
|
|
20
|
Symptom evaluation in reflux disease: workshop background, processes, terminology, recommendations, and discussion outputs.
|
Gut
|
2004
|
1.60
|
|
21
|
Quality of life in patients with endoscopy-negative heartburn: reliability and sensitivity of disease-specific instruments.
|
Am J Gastroenterol
|
2001
|
1.57
|
|
22
|
Risk factors of gastroesophageal reflux disease: methodology and first epidemiological results of the ProGERD study.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
2004
|
1.47
|
|
23
|
A feasibility trial of narrow band imaging endoscopy in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
|
Gastroenterology
|
2007
|
1.44
|
|
24
|
Lugol chromoendoscopy as a diagnostic tool in so-called endoscopy-negative GERD.
|
Gastrointest Endosc
|
2005
|
1.44
|
|
25
|
Gastroesophageal reflux disease--should we adopt a new conceptual framework?
|
Am J Gastroenterol
|
2002
|
1.42
|
|
26
|
Reassessment of the diagnostic value of histology in patients with GERD, using multiple biopsy sites and an appropriate control group.
|
Am J Gastroenterol
|
2005
|
1.33
|
|
27
|
Natural history of reflux oesophagitis: a 10 year follow up of its effect on patient symptomatology and quality of life.
|
Gut
|
1996
|
1.28
|
|
28
|
Associations between different forms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
|
Gut
|
1997
|
1.21
|
|
29
|
The utility of narrow band imaging in improving the endoscopic diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
|
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
|
2008
|
1.17
|
|
30
|
Symptoms and treatment burden of gastroesophageal reflux disease: validating the GERD assessment scales.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2004
|
1.10
|
|
31
|
Microscopic esophageal mucosal injury in nonerosive reflux disease.
|
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
|
2006
|
1.02
|
|
32
|
Minimal change esophagitis: prospective comparison of endoscopic and histological markers between patients with non-erosive reflux disease and normal controls using magnifying endoscopy.
|
Dig Dis
|
2004
|
0.96
|
|
33
|
Different patterns of oesophageal acid exposure distinguish complicated reflux disease from either erosive reflux oesophagitis or non-erosive reflux disease.
|
Aliment Pharmacol Ther
|
2003
|
0.91
|
|
34
|
24-h pH monitoring for gastroesophageal reflux disease: already standard but not yet gold?
|
Am J Gastroenterol
|
1992
|
0.90
|
|
35
|
Maintenance treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. A placebo-controlled evaluation of 10 milligrams omeprazole once daily in general practice.
|
Scand J Gastroenterol
|
1997
|
0.82
|
|
36
|
Interobserver agreement on classifying endoscopic diagnoses of nonerosive esophagitis.
|
Endoscopy
|
2006
|
0.82
|
|
37
|
Abstracts of Digestive Disease Week, May 17-22, 2008 and the ASGE (American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) Postgraduate Course, May 21-22, 2008. San Diego, California, USA.
|
Gastrointest Endosc
|
2008
|
0.80
|
|
38
|
Comparison of esophageal acid exposure at 1 cm and 6 cm above the squamocolumnar junction using the Bravo pH monitoring system.
|
Dis Esophagus
|
2006
|
0.80
|
|
39
|
Comparison of hemostatic effects by route of H2 receptor antagonist administration following endoscopic mucosal resection in patients with neoplastic gastric lesions.
|
Aliment Pharmacol Ther
|
2005
|
0.75
|