In addition, patients who have the most important symptoms of GERD are not usually tested for extra-digestive manifestations. For these reasons it is believed that the prevalence of LPR in the population of patients with GERD has been underestimated 14.
Además, los pacientes con síntomas predominantes de RGE no son indagados sobre manifestaciones extradigestivas, por lo que se cree que la prevalencia de RLF en la población de pacientes con RGE está subestimada 14.