It is important to note that patients with LPR do not usually present classic clinical GERD manifestations as it has been demonstrated that many LPR patients do not have associated esophagitis or epigastralgia. Several studies have determined that LPR patients have an incidence of epigastralgia of less than 40% and an incidence of esophagitis of less than 25% 1,10,33,34.
Es importante resaltar que los pacientes con RLF usualmente no tienen las manifestaciones clínicas clásicas del RGE, se ha demostrado que muchos de los pacientes con RLF no tienen esofagitis asociada o epigastralgia, y en varios estudios se ha determinado que en pacientes con RLF la incidencia de epigastralgia es menor del 40% y menos del 25% tienen esofagitis 1, 10, 33, 34.