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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Medknow Publications and Staff Society of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
ISSN: 0022-3859 EISSN: 0022-3859
Vol. 53, No. 3, 2007, pp. 203-206
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Bioline Code: jp07073
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Vol. 53, No. 3, 2007, pp. 203-206
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The rumination syndrome in adults: A review of the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment
Papadopoulos, V & Mimidis, K
Abstract
Rumination in adults is considered to be the effortless regurgitation of recently ingested food into the mouth, followed by either rechewing and reswallowing or expulsion of the regurgitate. On the basis of the definition of rumination as a unique category of functional gastroduodenal disorders, according to the newly established Rome III classification, a review of the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of the rumination syndrome in adults is presented after systematic and critical approach of all articles that could be retrieved through PubMed using the term "rumination".
Keywords
Impedance, manometry, Rome III classification, rumination
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