Duodenal ulcer

Introduction: Duodenal ulcer

Description of Duodenal ulcer

Duodenal ulcer (medical condition): A duodenal ulcer is a particular type of peptic ulcer (stomach ulcer) that afflicts the lining of the duodenum. These two ...more

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Duodenal ulcer: a peptic ulcer of the duodenum.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Duodenal ulcer: A PEPTIC ULCER located in the DUODENUM.
Source: Diseases Database

Duodenal ulcer: peptic ulcer located in the duodenum, the shortest and widest portion of the small intestine adjacent to the pylorus of the stomach.
Source: CRISP

Duodenal ulcer: A PEPTIC ULCER located in the DUODENUM.
Source: MeSH 2007

Duodenal ulcer: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Duodenal ulcer:

• Duodenal
• Duodenal disease
• Duodenal disorder
• Ulcer (24 causes)
• Duodenum
• Duodenum disorder
• Helicobacter
• Pylori

Duodenal ulcer as a Disease

Duodenal ulcer (medical condition): See Duodenal ulcer (disease information).
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  »Causes of Duodenal ulcer
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Duodenal ulcer: Related Diseases

Duodenal ulcer: Duodenal ulcer is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Peptic Ulcer
• Duodenal conditions
• Ulcer
• Intestine conditions
• Abdominal conditions
• Digestive conditions
• Mucus membrane conditions

More information on medical condition: Duodenal ulcer:

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• Medication Causes of Duodenal ulcer
• Risk Factors for Duodenal ulcer
• Symptoms of Duodenal ulcer
• Complications of Duodenal ulcer
• Misdiagnosis of Duodenal ulcer
• Treatments for Duodenal ulcer

Duodenal ulcer: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Duodenal ulcer:

• dyspepsia
• Helicobacter pylori ulcer
• H pylori ulcer
• nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug ulcer
• NSAID ulcer
• gastric ulcer
• gastric acid
• pepsin
• histamine2 receptor antagonists
• H2RA
• proton pump inhibitors
• PPI
• Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Terms associated with Duodenal ulcer:

Terms Similar to Duodenal ulcer:

• Curling's Ulcer

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Duodenal ulcer

• Peptic Ulcer

Source - MeSH 2007

• duodenum disorder
• peptic ulcer

Source - CRISP

• peptic ulcer
• peptic ulceration

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Duodenal ulcer

The following list attempts to classify Duodenal ulcer into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• peptic ulcer,peptic ulceration
• ulcer,ulceration
• lesion
• pathology
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Digestive System Diseases
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases
    • Intestinal Diseases
      • Duodenal Diseases
        • Peptic Ulcer
          • Duodenal Ulcer

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Digestive System Diseases
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases
    • Peptic Ulcer
      • Duodenal Ulcer

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• DISEASES OF ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, AND DUODENUM
• DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Duodenal ulcer

• Proton pump inhibitor treatment for acute peptic ulcer bleeding (Cochrane Review)
• duodenal ulcer
• eMedicine - Duodenum, Ulcers : Article by Isaac Hassan, MBChB, DMRD, FRCR
• eMedicine - Duodenal Ulcers : Article by Shane M Devlin, MD, BSc, FRCP(C)
• Duodenal ulcers - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files

Source: Diseases Database

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