Duodenal ulcer--does it exist in Australia aborigines?
Bateson, E.M.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 6(6): 545-547
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8291 PMID: 1071538 Document Number: 109897
Analysis of Ba meal examinations performed at the Darwin Hospital on 742 non-Aboriginal patients showed that 82 (11.5%) had duodenal ulcers. A similar analysis of Ba meal examinations performed on 94 Aboriginal patients at the same hospital did not reveal any duodenal ulcers. Aboriginal patients form 22% of the local population and 18% of the hospital admissions. It is suggested that duodenal ulcer is an uncommon disease in the Aboriginal population of the Northern Territory of Australia.