A peptic ulcer is histologically defined as a mucosal defect that extends to or beyond the muscularis mucosa, with mucosal damage due to pepsin and gastric acid secretion. Most ulcers occur in the ...

A critical analysis, with appropriate controls, of gastric acid and pepsin secretion in clinical esophagitis. Gastroenterology 101 , 1149–1158 (1991). Article CAS Google Scholar ...

Both the acid concentration and volume of gastric secretion are suppressed by famotidine, while changes in pepsin secretion are proportional to volume output. Symptomatic response does not ...

The gastric and duodenal mucosa possess defence mechanisms against digestive acids and pepsin, including mucus secretion ...

Both the acid concentration and volume of gastric secretion are suppressed by famotidine, while changes in pepsin secretion are proportional to volume output. Symptomatic response does not ...

The primary effect of antacids on the stomach is due to partial neutralization of gastric hydrochloric acid and inhibition of the proteolytic enzyme pepsin ... the tubular secretion of some ...