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Duodenal Ulcer–Does it Exist in Australian Aborigines?
Author(s) -
Bateson E. M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1976.tb03991.x
Subject(s) - medicine , duodenal ulcer , gastroenterology
Summary: Duodenal ulcer–does it exist in Australian Aborigines? E. M. Bateson, Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1976, 6, pp. 545–547. Analysis of barium meal examinations performed at the Darwin Hospital on 742 non‐Aboriginal patients showed that 82 (11‐5%) had duodenal ulcers. A similar analysis of barium meal examinations performed on 94 Aboriginal patients at the same hospital did not reveal any duodenal ulcers. Aboriginal patients form 22% of the local population and 18% of the hospital admissions. Therefore, it is suggested that duodenal ulcer is an uncommon disease in the Aboriginal population of the Northern Territory of Australia.