title: The role of the pyloric antrum and Hofmeister value in the development of the chronic gastric mucosal reaction.
abstract: A limited chronic gastric mucosal reaction (CGMR) develops when duodenal contents enter the stomach with an intact pyloric antrum. However, after antrectomy the same stimulus leads to a widespread CGMR. The pyloric antrum, therefore, seems to influence the development of the CGMR. A Hofmeister valve included in a Polya gastrectomy does not prevent the development of the VGMR, presumably because reflux is not prevented.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000601:surgery*