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A rare cause of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: chronic thrombosis of the splenic artery

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) represents one of the most serious conditions of the gastrointestinal tract with a mortality rate of 10%. The main cause of UGIB is peptic ulcer, accounting for 28%-59% of cases.
Sevtap Arslan, Mehmet Ruhi Onur, Erhan Akpınar   +2 more
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Illness meanings and experiences for pre-ulcer and ulcer conditions of Buruli ulcer in the Ga-West and Ga-South municipalities of Ghana [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: Ghana is a Buruli ulcer (BU) endemic country yet there is paucity of socio-cultural research on BU. Examining distinctive experiences and meanings for pre-ulcers and ulcers of BU may clarify the disease burden, illness experience and local ...
Kwakye-Maclean Cynthia, Matilda Pappoe, Gyapong, M., Ackumey, M. M., Gyapong Margaret, Ackumey Mercy M, Weiss, M. G., Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean, Pappoe, M., Mitchell G Weiss, Pappoe Matilda, Kwakye-Maclean, C., Margaret Gyapong, Weiss Mitchell G, Mercy M Ackumey, Kwakye-Maclean, Cynthia, Weiss, Mitchell G, Gyapong, Margaret, Pappoe, Matilda, Ackumey, Mercy M, Weiss, Mitchell, Ackumey, Mercy M.   +21 more
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Combined Inflammatory and Metabolic Defects Reflected by Reduced Serum Protein Levels in Patients with Buruli Ulcer Disease [PDF]

, 2014
Buruli ulcer is a skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans that is spreading in tropical countries, with major public health and economic implications in West Africa.
Reid Oldenburg (550232), Landier Jordi, Niang, Fatoumata, Sarfo, FS, Sarfo, Fred S, Richard O. Phillips (347896), Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Phillips, Richard O., Forson Mark, Fatoumata Niang (316230), Caroline Demangel (239243), Forson, M, Arnaud Fontanet (157942), Fatoumata Niang, Mark Forson, Niang, F, Oldenburg Reid, Richard O Phillips, Fred S. Sarfo (347891), Jordi Landier (197677), Sarfo Fred S., Fred S Sarfo, Demangel, Caroline, Landier, Jordi, William Thompson, Niang Fatoumata, Demangel, C, Wansbrough-Jones, Mark, Kabiru Abass (550234), Arnaud Fontanet, Wansbrough-Jones Mark, Frimpong, M, Oldenburg, Reid, Richard O. Phillips, William Thompson (241605), Phillips, Richard O, Phillips Richard O., Thompson William, Mark Forson (550235), Sarfo, Fred S., Forson, Mark, Michael Frimpong (550233), Landier, J, Oldenburg, R, Caroline Demangel, Fontanet, A, Frimpong Michael, Abass Kabiru, Fontanet Arnaud, Abass, K, Michael Frimpong, Abass, Kabiru, Frimpong, Michael, Phillips, RO, Wansbrough-Jones, M, Fontanet, Arnaud, Demangel Caroline, Reid Oldenburg, Thompson, William, Mark Wansbrough-Jones (347902), Thompson, W, Kabiru Abass, Jordi Landier, Fred S. Sarfo   +63 more
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Diagnosis of stenosis within the popliteal–femoral venous segment upon clinical presentation with a venous ulcer and subsequent successful treatment with venoplasty

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2017
This case study reports the diagnosis and treatment of a lower limb venous ulcer with abnormal underlying venous pathology. One male patient presented with bilateral varicose veins and a right lower limb ulcer.
Emma Dabbs, Alina Sheikh, David Beckett, Mark S Whiteley   +3 more
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A randomized clinical trial of silver hydrofiber dressing versus collagenase ointment for venous ulcer: analysis of biofilm-producing bacteria and bacterial clonality [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Background Superficial infection in venous ulcers (VU) hinders healing. Objective To evaluate the action of hydrofiber dressing with silver (HAg) compared to collagenase ointment (Col) in VU.
Taís Lopes Saranholi, Natalie Carlos Ferreira Mello Sampaio, Hélio Amante Miot, Stéfani Thais Alves Dantas, Vera Lucia Mores Rall, Luciana Patricia Fernandes Abbade   +5 more
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Endovenous Treatment of Superficial Venous Thrombosis Associated with Varicose Veins: A Reflux-Targeted Approach

Український журнал серцево-судинної хірургії
Background. Superficial vein thrombosis (SVT) associated with varicose vein disease is not only a local inflammatory-thrombotic event, but also a manifestation of chronic venous pathology with persistent reflux.
Serhii P. Shchukin
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Epidemiology of chronic leg ulcer

Minia Journal of Medical Research
Background: Chronic ulcer is a chronic wound that shows no tendency to heal after 3 months of appropriate treatment or is still not fully healed at 12 months.
Mohammad Abdel-Megid EL Khayyat, Mahmoud Ahmed Montaser, Momen Mostafa Elsanadiki, Hayam Ahmed Haridy   +3 more
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Laboratory Confirmation of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo, 2007-2010 [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Since the early 1990s more than 1,800 patients with lesions suspicious for Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) have been reported from Togo. However, less than five percent of these were laboratory confirmed.
Fleischmann, Erna, Adolf Diefenhardt, Piten, Ebekalisai, Nitschke, Joerg, Kobara Basil, Diefenhardt Adolf, Helfrich, Kerstin, Herbinger, Karl-Heinz, Kerstin Helfrich, Beissner Marcus, Gisela Bretzel, Wiedemann, Franz Xaver, Kere, Abiba Banla, Basil Kobara, Ebekalisai Piten, Diefenhardt, Adolf, Erna Fleischmann, Abiba Banla Kere, Karl-Heinz Herbinger, Thomas Löscher, Nitschke Jörg, Loescher, Thomas, Franz Xaver Wiedemann, Huber Kristina Lydia, Kobara, Basil, Bretzel, Gisela, Banla Kere Abiba, Herbinger Karl-Heinz, Kristina Lydia Huber, Wiedemann Franz Xaver, Marcus Beissner, Bretzel Gisela, Amekuse Komi, Löscher Thomas, Huber, Kristina Lydia, Piten Ebekalisai, Helfrich Kerstin, Beissner, Marcus, Amekuse, Komi, Komi Amekuse, Jörg Nitschke, Fleischmann Erna   +41 more
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EXPERIENCES CONSTRUCTED IN THE PROCESS OF LIVING WITH A VENOUS ULCER

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2015
The aim of this study was to identify the experiences constructed by people with venous ulcers, in the process of living with this chronic condition. This qualitative study was conducted between January and February 2013.
Dalva Cezar da Silva, Maria de Lourdes Denardin Budó, Maria Denise Schimith, Liliane Ecco, Isabelle Katherinne Fernandes Costa, Gilson de Vasconcelos Torres   +5 more
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SUCRALFATE, RANITIDINE AND NO TREATMENT IN GASTRIC ULCER MANAGEMENT - A MULTICENTER, PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, 24 - MONTH FOLLOW-UP WITH A STUDY OF RISK FACTORS OF RELAPSE

, 1992
This multicenter, prospective, randomized, open, long-term study compares sucralfate (2 g daily) with ranitidine (150 mg daily) and no treatment in gastric ulcer (GU).
INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUP FOR ULCER STUDY, NORBERTO, LORENZO   +1 more
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