| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Symptoms such as dysphagia, regurgitation, and heartburn reflect the severity of reflux, and erosive esophagitis is observed in about 60% of patients.2 Associated complications include peptic strictures, adenocarcinoma, and Barrett esophagus (metaplasia of the normal squamous epithelium of the lower esophagus to columnar cells as a response to long-standing reflux).
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