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ArticleJournal of neurogastroenterology and motility2021

Characteristics of symptomatic belching in patients with belching disorder and patients who exhibit gastroesophageal reflux disease with belching.

Shin Ok Jeong, Joon Seong Lee, Tae Hee Lee, Su Jin Hong, Young Kyu Cho, Junseok Park, Seong Ran Jeon, Hyun Gun Kim, Jin-Oh Kim

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Article in Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Belching and Reflux: The Relationship and the Underlying Mechanism.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2026
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  3. Diagnostic and Management Review of Gastric and Supragastric Belching, Aerophagia, and Rumination Syndrome.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2026
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  8. Supragastric belching: Pathogenesis, diagnostic issues and treatment.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shin Ok JeongInstitute for Digestive Research, Digestive Disease Center Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3965-6261
Joon Seong LeeInstitute for Digestive Research, Digestive Disease Center Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9616-3028
Tae Hee LeeInstitute for Digestive Research, Digestive Disease Center Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3049-8252
Su Jin HongDigestive Disease Center and Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2012-0360
Young Kyu ChoDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7090-2921
Junseok ParkInstitute for Digestive Research, Digestive Disease Center Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5607-1041
Seong Ran JeonInstitute for Digestive Research, Digestive Disease Center Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6970-9737
Hyun Gun KimInstitute for Digestive Research, Digestive Disease Center Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7545-4638
Jin-Oh KimInstitute for Digestive Research, Digestive Disease Center Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7036-3155
Soonchunhyang University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimsBelching disorder (BD) is clinically distinct from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with belching. Supragastric belching (SGB) is closely associated with reflux episodes. This study investigates belch characteristics in association with reflux, compared between patients with BD and those who had GERD with belching.

methodsImpedance pH monitoring data from 10 patients with BD and 10 patients with GERD who exhibited belching were retrospectively analyzed. Belches were considered "isolated" or "reflux-related" and acidic/non-acidic. Belch characteristics were compared between patients with BD and those with GERD.

resultsSymptomatic belches were more frequent in patients with BD than in patients with GERD (median, 160.5 vs 56.0,

conclusionsBD is characterized by more belching, compared to GERD. SGB is more frequently associated with reflux in GERD than in BD; acidity may be related to GERD. In BD, SGB is typically non-acidic and unrelated to reflux. Distinct SGB characteristics may reflect different pathogenic mechanisms of reflux and associated symptoms.

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Electric impedanceEructationEsophageal pH monitoringsGastroesophageal reflux

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PMCPMC8026376
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