[Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: total gastrectomy or longtime cimetidine therapy?].
1978
C B Lamers, and
H P Festen, and
J H van Tongeren, and
I T Weterman
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D002927
Cimetidine
A histamine congener, it competitively inhibits HISTAMINE binding to HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTORS. Cimetidine has a range of pharmacological actions. It inhibits GASTRIC ACID secretion, as well as PEPSIN and GASTRIN output.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015043
Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
A syndrome that is characterized by the triad of severe PEPTIC ULCER, hypersecretion of GASTRIC ACID, and GASTRIN-producing tumors of the PANCREAS or other tissue (GASTRINOMA). This syndrome may be sporadic or be associated with MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1.