… Functional heartburn is diagnosed when … for heartburn, and esophageal MII-pH monitoring
reveals normal esophageal acid exposure with a negative SI or negative SAP for heartburn. …

… and negative SAP (functional heartburn). Patients with functional heartburn had more frequent
(… in patients with functional heartburn reinforces the concept that functional gastrointestinal …

… Most of these patients have nonerosive reflux disease (NERD) or functional esophageal …
reflux disease, and functional heartburn is the most common cause for refractory heartburn. In …

… nonerosive reflux disease (NERD) (abnormal esophageal acid exposure) and patients with
… of heartburn in patients with functional heartburn. Overall, concomitant functional bowel or …

… reflux episodes qualify as having functional heartburn [12]. Irrespective of the academic
aspects of this debate, it is clinically relevant to point out that the simple presence of heartburn, …

… reflux disease (GERD). Likewise, both functional heartburn (FH) and IBS are functional … of
the criteria and diagnostic procedures used to assess heartburn and IBS. In particular, several …

… To determine the persistence, frequency and severity of heartburn over time, the heartburn
subscale of reflux disease questionnaire (RDQ) was used 23 . RDQ is a 12-item, self-…

… is a symptom synonymous with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), but as our
knowledge advances, we find that GERD is a more complex disorder than was originally thought. …

… Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) traditionally has … Functional heartburn is common
and is likely to affect a large … of functional heartburn to nonerosive reflux disease (NERD), …

… of overlap reflux hypersensitivity and functional heartburn in … to conventional reflux
hypersensitivity and functional heartburn … , functional, and psychological profiles of overlap reflux …