title: Gastric ulcer: natural history and treatment.
abstract: The fragmentary knowledge of gastric ulcer aetiology is contrasted with the developing repertoire of short term drug treatments. Reasons are also advanced for believing that gastric ulcer may be a disease of diminishing importance and that this is due to environmental changes rather than to the introduction of effective treatments.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001241:Aspirin / Q000009:adverse effects; D001315:Australia; D001900:Boston; D002229:Carbenoxolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology; D006035:Glycyrrhiza; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000453:epidemiology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D002229:Carbenoxolone; D001241:Aspirin