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Institution: CLOCKSS  | My Account | E-mail Alerts | Access Rights | Sign In Vol. 4 No. 1, January 1995   Archives  •  Online Features Original Contributions  This Article  • Abstract  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding in Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Adults Primary Role of Esophagitis John L. Orchard, MD; John Stramat, MD; Marie Wolfgang, MD; Amanda Trimpey Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(1):30-33. References Article references have been provided for searching and linking. Additional reference information may be available in the article PDF. 1. Abrahams P, Burkitt BFE. Hiatus hernia and gastroesophageal reflux in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Aust Pediatr J. 1970;6:41-46. PUBMED 2. Cadman D, Richards J, Feldman W. Gastroesophageal reflux in severely retarded children. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1978;20:95-98. PUBMED 3. Sondheimer JM, Morris BA. Gastroesophageal reflux among severely retarded children. J Pediatr. 1979;94:710-714. PUBMED 4. Wilkinson JD, Dudgeon DL, Sondheimer JM. A comparison of medical and surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux in severely retarded children. J Pediatr. 1981;99:202-205. PUBMED 5. Spitz L. Surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux in severely mentally retarded children. J R Soc Med. 1982;75:525-529. ABSTRACT 6. Byrne WJ, Euler AR, Ashcraft E, Nash DG, Seibert JJ, Golladay ES. Gastro-esophageal reflux in the severely retarded who vomit: criteria for and results of surgical intervention in twenty-two patients. Surgery. 1982;91:95-98. PUBMED 7. Schatzlein MH, Baltantine TVN, Thirunavukkdrasu S, Fitzgerald JF, Grosfeld JL. Gastroesophageal reflux in infants and children: diagnosis and management. Arch Surg. 1979;114:505-509. FREE FULL TEXT 8. Roberts IM, Curtis RL, Madara JL. Gastroesophageal reflux and Barrett's esophagus in developmentally disabled patients. Am J Gastroenterol. 1986;81:519-523. PUBMED 9. Snyder JD, Goldman H. Barrett's esophagus in children and young adults: frequent association with mental retardation. Dig Dis Sci. 1990;35:1185-1189. PUBMED 10. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Revised Third Edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 1987. 11. Grossman HJ, ed. Classification in Mental Retardation. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Deficiency; 1983:11-26. 13. Byrne WJ, Campbell M, Ashcraft E, Seibert JJ, Euler AR. A diagnostic approach to vomiting in severely retarded patients. AJDC. 1983;137:259-262. PUBMED 12. Spechler SJ, Sperber H, Doss WG, Schimmel EM. The prevalence of Barrett's esophagus in patients with chronic peptic esophageal stricture. Dig Dis Sci. 1983;28:769-774. PUBMED 14. Holmes TW. Chalasia, peptic esophagitis and hiatal hernia: a common syndrome in patients with central nervous system disease. Chest. 1971;60:441-445. PUBMED 15. DeMeester TR, LaFontaine E, Joelsson BE, et al. Relationship of a hiatal hernia to the function of the body of the esophagus and the gastroesophageal junction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1981;82:547-588. ABSTRACT