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. 2004 May;53(Suppl 4):iv55–iv57. doi: 10.1136/gut.2003.034363

New approaches to enhance the accuracy of the diagnosis of reflux disease

P Moayyedi, J Duffy, B Delaney
PMCID: PMC1867783  PMID: 15082616

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Variation in positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) with prevalence of GORD for reflux symptoms with a hypothetical sensitivity and specificity of 80%.

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