… Patients with functional heartburn did not differ from normal controls in their distal esophageal
acid exposure profile, prevalence of hiatal hernia, distal esophageal amplitude contraction…

Background Bowel symptoms have been associated with non‐erosive reflux disease (NERD).
However, their role in functional heartburn (FH) has not been established. Aims To …

… non-erosive reflux disease differ from those of patients with functional heartburn. Aliment …
vs non-erosive reflux disease: similarities and differences. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2008; 27…

… having functional heartburn (FH). This study aimed (i) to characterize the symptoms and
functional … Such a difference was not observed in our group, as the number of FH patients with …

… in patients with functional heartburn reinforces the concept that functional gastrointestinal …
in order to separate patients with functional heartburn from patients with NERD in whom …

… , both functional heartburn (FH) and IBS are functional … diagnostic procedures used to assess
heartburn and IBS. In particular… IBS and the subcategories of heartburn.The present review …

… patients are similar to controls in terms of acid esophageal exposure, BMI values, prevalence
of hiatal hernia, esophageal motility and lower esophageal sphincter tone, but differ from …

… and functional heartburn in patients with proven GERD who remain symptomatic despite
therapy, in addition to conventional reflux hypersensitivity and functional heartburn … difference in …

… Figure 1Functional heartburn is an entity in the spectrum of gastroesophageal reflux …
Differences of functional heartburn from other phenotypes in the GERD spectrum are listed in the …

… with functional heartburn were indistinguishable from controls. … with functional heartburn.
This could explain the reportedly low efficacy of proton pump inhibitors in functional heartburn …