SOVREMENNAYA PEDIATRIYA.2017.7(87):79-84; doi 10.15574/SP.2017.87.79

Belousova O. Yu., Slobodianiuk O. L.
Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Ukraine

This article presents literature review on the problem of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GRD). Clinical data, risk factors, diagnostic methods, prediction of the GRD course in children of different age (regarding the main causative and pathogenic factors, clinical evidence including esophageal and extra-esophageal) and modern approaches to GRD treatment are considered in the article.

Key worlds: esophageal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease, diagnosis guidelines, children.

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