Meta-Analysis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
CONCLUSION: GERD and IPF may be related but this association is most likely confounded, especially by smoking. Our confidence in the estimate of association is low as it is exclusively from case-control studies.
PMID: 30120950 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Chest - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Bédard Méthot D, Leblanc É, Lacasse Y Tags: Chest Source Type: research
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