Research Articles (Gastroenterology)

Reliability and validity of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) and Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in dyspepsia : a six-country study

Kulich, Karoly R.; Madisch, Ahmed; Pacini, Franco; Pique, Jose M.; Regula, Jaroslaw; Van Rensburg, Christo J.; Ujszaszy, Laszlo; Carlsson, Jonas; Halling, Katarina; Wiklund, Ingela K. (BioMed Central, 2008-01-31)

Background: Symptoms of dyspepsia significantly disrupt patients' lives and reliable methods of assessing symptom status are important for patient management. The aim of the current study was to document the psychometric ...
A comparison of 4-week peptic ulcer healing rates following treatment with antacids and ranitidine

Bezuidenhout, D. J. J.; Perold, J. G.; Adams, G. (Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 1984-06)

Eighty-eight patients with endoscopically proven gastric and duodenal ulceration were treated with ranitidine (Zantac; Glaxo) or an antacid preparation containing aluminium hydroxide and magnesium trisilicate (Gelusil; ...