Omeprazole induces a long-term clinical remission of protein-losing gastropathy of Menetrier's disease

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 811-813

  Ladas, Spiros D ^a   Tassios, Pericles S ^a   Malamou, Helen C ^b   Protopapa, Despina P ^c   Raptis, Sotirios A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Famotidine; Helicobacter pylori; Hypertrophic gastropathy; Menetrier's disease; Omeprazole; Protein losing gastropathy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FAMOTIDINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OMEPRAZOLE; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MALE; MENETRIER DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; REMISSION; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH JUICE;

EID: 0030815996     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199708000-00014     Document Type: Article

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