Figure 2 - Gastroesophageal reflux disease initiates a vicious cycle of increasing esophageal acid exposure.
From the following article
Pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease
Nicholas E. Diamant
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo21
LES, lower esophageal sphincter. (Source: AGA teaching unit 7, Neurogastroenterology and Motility: Upper GI Tract, slide 34., used with permission. Copyright American Gastroenterological Association, Bethesda, MD.)
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