Clinical Research
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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2007; 13(33): 4467-4472
Published online Sep 7, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i33.4467
Table 3 Healing rates of esophagitis after eight weeks of PPI treatment in elderly patients with esophagitis divided according to the grades of severity of esophagitis according to the Savary-Miller classification
Severity gradesOmeprazoleLansoprazolePantoprazoleRabeprazole
n%n%n%n%
I gradea27/3381.825/2510020/2010014/14100
II gradec18/2281.828/2996.536/4090.046/4895.8
III-IV gradese15/1978.915/2171.416/1794.111/1384.6