From Selye’s and Szabo’s Cysteamine-Duodenal Ulcer in Rats to Dopamine in the Stomach: Therapy Significance and Possibilities [PDF]
We reviewed gastric ulcer healing by dopamine considering several distinctive duodenal key points. Selye and Szabo describe the cysteamine-induced duodenal ulcer in rats as a duodenal stress ulcer in patients.
Predrag Sikiric+24 more
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Matrix metalloproteinase-3 promoter polymorphisms but not
Background This study investigated if the H. pylori dupA genotype and certain host single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors (TIMPs), including MMP-3, MMP-7, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2, might correlate ...
Yeh Yi-Chun+4 more
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Stomach and duodenal ulcer as a cause of death in patients with cancer: a cohort study [PDF]
Introduction Non-cancer deaths are now becoming a significant threat to the health of cancer patients. Death from stomach and duodenal ulcer is linked to cancer due to the side effects of treatment and its pathogenesis.
Ramez M. Odat+10 more
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Perforated Duodenal Ulcer [PDF]
History of present illness: A 53-year-old male with a history of daily alcohol abuse presented with sudden onset epigastric pain. The pain radiated to the right upper abdominal quadrant and was associated with shortness of breath and nausea. The patient’
Jessa Baker+2 more
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Duodenoportal fistula caused by peptic ulcer after extended right hepatectomy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma [PDF]
Background A fistula between the duodenum and the main portal vein near a peptic ulcer is extremely rare, and only two cases of duodenal ulcers have been reported in the past.
Uchiyama Kazuhisa+5 more
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A quantitative comparison of plantar soft tissue strainability distribution and homogeneity between ulcerated and non-ulcerated patients using strain elastography [PDF]
The primary objective of this study was to develop a method that allows accurate quantification of plantar soft tissue stiffness distribution and homogeneity. The secondary aim of this study is to investigate if the differences in soft tissue stiffness distribution and homogeneity can be detected between ulcerated and non-ulcerated foot. Novel measures
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Gastrointestinal perforation: relation to corticosteroid use and COPD – a case report [PDF]
Gastrointestinal perforations are a complication of 2–10% of duodenal ulcers. There are a variety of etiologies associated with duodenal ulcer formation and its complications.
Michael H.K. Nguyen+2 more
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