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Gastroesophageal reflux defined as a dysfunction of the distal esophagus is a major cause of
recurrent vomiting and failure to thrive in newborns and young infants.
In infants, the differentiation between pathologic, pernicous vomiting and normal “burping” with
regurgitation has been difficult until the far advanced complications of weight loss, failure to thrive,
anemia from ulcerating esophagitis, or stricutre have been obvious.
A number of... |
