The characteristics of acid-formation regulation in the stomach of patients with rheumatic diseases
Svintsitskiĭ, A.S.; Iakovlev, A.A.; Belikova, N.N.; Kostenko, E.V.
Vrachebnoe Delo 4: 37-40
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0049-6804 PMID: 2063562 Document Number: 370357
The content of gastrointestinal hormones was studied in the blood of 116 patients with rheumatic diseases (rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthrosis deformans). Comparison of obtained data with values of the gastric acid forming function and results of histological examination of the duodenal mucosa allowed to determine some pathogenetic mechanisms developing in gastroduodenal complications which is a basis for rational treatment.