title: Some perspectives on peptic ulcer.
abstract: In this article, the author comments on the following topics: whether peptic ulcer is a disease or just the sign of another process; whether the crater has a multifactorial origin; the ubiquity of Helicobacter pylori and the conclusion that a specific strain will doubtless prove to be the cause of some, but not all, ulcers; the inherent definitional problem of "nonulcer dyspepsia"; and the controversy over how much gastric acid needs to be reduced to speed the healing of peptic ulcer.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Spiro
mesh_terms: D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology