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Pulsus, Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 9(23), p. 604-608

DOI: 10.1155/2009/181059

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Incidence of duodenal ulcers and gastric ulcers in a Western population: Back to where it started

Journal article published in 2009 by Marcel Jm M. Groenen, Ernst J. Kuipers, Bettina E. Hansen ORCID, Rob J. Th-H. Ouwendijk
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: As recently as 40 years ago, a decline in the incidence of peptic ulcers was observed. The discovery of Helicobacter pylori had a further major impact on the incidence of ulcer disease. Our aim was to evaluate the trends in the incidence and bleeding complications of ulcer disease in the Netherlands.