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How useful are proton-pump inhibitors for diagnosis and therapy of patients with noncardiac chest pain?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 2, pages 506–507 (2005)Cite this article

boxed-textCremonini F et al. (2005) Diagnostic use of proton pump inhibitors in non-cardiac chest pain. A meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1226–1232

A trial of a PPI is a cost-effective method of excluding subjects with NCCP whose symptoms are due to GERD; however, the efficacy of PPIs in the treatment of non-GERD NCCP patients awaits validation

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    Philip J Matthews & Qasim Aziz

  2. Professor of Gastroenterology in the Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Manchester, UK

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Matthews, P., Aziz, Q. How useful are proton-pump inhibitors for diagnosis and therapy of patients with noncardiac chest pain?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2, 506–507 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0313

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