[Clinical significance of prostaglandins in the gastrointestinal tract].
Endogenous prostaglandins are involved in several gastrointestinal diseases such as peptic ulcer. Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and radiation enteritis, although a casual role has not been proven in any condition. At present therapeutic indications are confined to the treatment of peptic ulcer with synthetic analogues at a dosage which inhibits acid secretion.
Schiessel
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I. Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Wien.
Vattay
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D004064:Digestive System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology*
D011453:Prostaglandins
Klinische Bedeutung der Prostaglandine im Gastrointestinaltrakt.