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A prospective study was undertaken to determine the incidence of upper gastrointestinal disease in 85 chronic renal failure (CRF) patients on hemodialysis. Upper gastrointestinal x-rays were obtained for 83 patients, and enlarged gastric and duodenal folds were seen in 12% (10/83) and 42% (35/83) of the cases, respectively. Panendoscopy performed on 60 persons revealed gastritis in 22% (13/60), nodular duodenitis in 60% (35/60), and esophagitis in 13% (8/60). No peptic ulcers were identified either radiologically or endoscopically. Pathologic examination of mucosal biopsy specimens demonstrated gastritis in 46% (21/46) and duodenitis in 43% (22/51) of patients. A highly significant correlation was found between endoscopic and radiologic duodenitis (P less than .0001) and also between endoscopic and pathologic duodenitis. We have demonstrated a high incidence of mucosal inflammation but not ulcer disease in CRF patients. These lesions may predispose these individuals to gastrointestinal bleeding following renal transplantation.
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J L Saylor, and
G Geisse, and
K DeSchryver-Kecskemeti, and
H R Harter, and
G R Zuckerman
April 1987,
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology,
D M Margolis, and
J L Saylor, and
G Geisse, and
K DeSchryver-Kecskemeti, and
H R Harter, and
G R Zuckerman
May 1993,
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association,
D M Margolis, and
J L Saylor, and
G Geisse, and
K DeSchryver-Kecskemeti, and
H R Harter, and
G R Zuckerman
March 1986,
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India,
D M Margolis, and
J L Saylor, and
G Geisse, and
K DeSchryver-Kecskemeti, and
H R Harter, and
G R Zuckerman
October 1999,
Medical journal, Armed Forces India,
D M Margolis, and
J L Saylor, and
G Geisse, and
K DeSchryver-Kecskemeti, and
H R Harter, and
G R Zuckerman
October 1991,
Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology,
D M Margolis, and
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G Geisse, and
K DeSchryver-Kecskemeti, and
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Journal of clinical gastroenterology,
D M Margolis, and
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K DeSchryver-Kecskemeti, and
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G R Zuckerman
May 1985,
Annals of internal medicine,
D M Margolis, and
J L Saylor, and
G Geisse, and
K DeSchryver-Kecskemeti, and
H R Harter, and
G R Zuckerman
October 1991,
Annals of medicine,
D M Margolis, and
J L Saylor, and
G Geisse, and
K DeSchryver-Kecskemeti, and
H R Harter, and
G R Zuckerman
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Ryoikibetsu shokogun shirizu,
D M Margolis, and
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G Geisse, and
K DeSchryver-Kecskemeti, and
H R Harter, and
G R Zuckerman
June 1984,
The American journal of medicine,
