Gastric endoscopy was performed in the 24 Persian Arab horses from several race training in Tehran and Tabriz for detection of gastric ulcer. Gastric ulcer was evident in 14 Persian Arab horses (58.3%). Ten out of 14 ulcers were in nonglandular region of the stomach. The horses with the history of long term treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) had high prevalence of the...

gastric endoscopy was performed in the 24 persian arab horses from several race training in tehran and tabriz for detection of gastric ulcer. gastric ulcer was evident in 14 persian arab horses (58.3%). ten out of 14 ulcers were in nonglandular region of the stomach. the horses with the history of long term treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) had high prevalence of the...

spring summer 2010, vol.4, no.1 /74 medical laboratory journal severity of oxidative dna damage in gastric tissue of smoker and non-smoker patients with dyspepsia abstract background and objectives: cigarette smoking is associated with an increase in risk of peptic ulcer and gastro-intestinal cancer. toxic materials in smoke and tar have a significant role in production of carcinogenic complexe...

BACKGROUND The presence of ulcer in early gastric cancer (EGC) is important for the feasibility of endoscopic resection, only a few studies have examined the clinicopathological implications of endoscopic ulcer in EGC. OBJECTIVES To determine the role of endoscopic ulcer as a predictor of clinical behaviors in EGC. METHODS Data of 3,270 patients with EGC who underwent surgery between Januar...

PURPOSE To investigate the expression of the active form of gelatinases (gelatinase A: matrix metalloproteinase-2 [MMP-2] and gelatinase B: matrix metalloproteinase-9 [MMP-9]) in ocular surface disorders, we determined the presence of the active form of these gelatinases in the tear fluid of patients with corneal ulcer or ocular burn. METHODS The subjects consisted of the ulcer group comprisi...

The prevalence of active and inactive peptic ulcer was 23% in male workers aged 31-60 at a plastics processing factory in Tokyo. Similarly, the incidence of active and inactive peptic ulcer during one year was 5% or more. The findings from a case control study suggested that smoking and family history were the major aetiological factors. The incidence and prevalence of peptic ulcer in male fact...

AIM To study the association of Helicobacter pylori infection with chronic antral gastritis in peptic ulcer disease patients and healthy population of Kashmir. METHODS 50 peptic ulcer patients (duodenal ulcer = 46, gastric ulcer = 2 and combined duodenal and gastric ulcer = 2) and 30 asymptomatic healthy volunteers were included in this study. Peptic ulcer was diagnosed on endoscopic examinat...

The effects of fasting on peptic ulcer disease were evaluated in a prospective study, involving 23 fasting patients who underwent endoscopy before and after Ramadan. Eighteen patients took an H(2)-blocker (ranitidine, 150 mg twice daily) regularly at "Suhur" and "Iftar" as prescribed, while 5 were drug defaulters. On the first endoscopy the diagnosis in 4 patients was active acute duodenal ulce...