Salivary pepsin for the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease: what is its role in 2020?

Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol. 2020 Sep;66(3):181-183. doi: 10.23736/S1121-421X.20.02706-3. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Authors

Amir Mari^{1

2}, Rinaldo Pellicano³, Tawfik Khoury^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, EMMS Nazareth Hospital, Nazareth, Israel - amir.mari@hotmail.com.
² Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel - amir.mari@hotmail.com.
³ Gastroenterology Unit, Molinette Hospital, Turin, Italy.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel.

PMID: 32327625
DOI: 10.23736/S1121-421X.20.02706-3

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Gastroesophageal Reflux / diagnosis*
Gastroesophageal Reflux / metabolism
Humans
Pepsin A / analysis*
Pepsin A / metabolism
Saliva / chemistry*
Saliva / metabolism

Substances

Pepsin A