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On the new illness of Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the newspaper Vremya said his "acute hemorrhaging ulcer of the stomach" was bad news for several reasons.
One D2 eye examined histologically was excluded from the study because of the complicating presence of a large corneal ulcer accompanied by severe intraocular inflammation; this eye had a very severe retinal phenotype and severe optic nerve damage.
Relatively few randomized controlled clinical trials have been published on the efficacy of PPI for treating gastric ulcers when compared with gastro esophageal reflux disease or with duodenal ulcers [ 29 30 ] . This could be due to gastric ulcers being less frequently diagnosed than duodenal ulcer [ 31 ] , or the importance of clinicians confirming a differential diagnosis between gastric ulcer and gastric cancer.
MIF is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that may play a crucial role in initiating or maintaining several inflammatory conditions [ 1 ] . In experimental models, treatment with antibodies to MIF, reversed or prevented colitis and gastric ulcer formation [ 23 24 ] . MIF is upregulated in neurons in the brain and released into the CSF following intracisternal LPS or spinal cord injury [ 7 21 ] . In addition, MIF is upregulated in the brain after reperfusion subsequent to ischemia [ 25 ] . Therefore, MIF is likely involved in the brain's response infectious agents or trauma.
This study suggests that the first-line drug therapy for patients diagnosed with gastric ulcer should be a PPI, in preference to an H2 antagonist.
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