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1. Peptic ulcer : Causes, incidence, and risk factors (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Normally, the lining of the stomach and small intestines are protected against the irritating acids produced in your stomach. But for a variety of different reasons, the protective process can stop working correctly, and the lining breaks down. Th...• Reviewer: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

2. Pyloroplasty (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Pyloroplasty is a surgical procedure in which the pylorus valve at the lower portion of the stomach is cut and resutured, relaxing and widening its muscular opening (pyloric sphincter) into the duodenum (first part of the small intestine). Pylorop...• Author: Kathleen D. Wright RN, L. Lee Culvert

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3. eMedicine - Peptic Ulcer Disease : Article by Tri H Le
Might decrease the incidence of NSAID-induced peptic ulcers and can be used to help prevent peptic ulcers in chronic NSAID users at high risk. Might decrease the incidence of NSAID-induced peptic ulcers and can be used in preventing peptic ulcers...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1776.htm

4. Parathyroid cancer
Signs and symptoms found in decreasing incidence at diagnosis include: The incidence of recurrence has been reported as approximately 50% of treated patients. Functioning cancers produce parathyroid hormone (parathormone) which causes symptoms of...
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cancernet/100541.html

5. Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
The true incidence is unknown, but it has been estimated that it accounts for 0.1 to 1% of peptic ulcers. The ulcer symptoms are fulminant, progressive and persistent and respond poorly to medical and surgical peptic ulcers treatment.
http://brighamrad.harvard.edu/Cases/jpnm/hcache/1056/full.html

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