Different aspects in functional dyspepsia

Functional dyspepsia is still a puzzling medical problem. The causes are unknown, the pathogenetic mechanisms are uncertain, the management is controversial and medications are many times insufficient. The research so far has given conflicting results at all levels of investigation. This study repre...

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Published inHepato-gastroenterology Vol. 52; no. 66; p. 1782
Main Authors Panteris, Vasilios, Karamanolis, D G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greece 01.11.2005
Subjects
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Anti-Ulcer Agents - therapeutic use
Clinical Trials as Topic
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dyspepsia - epidemiology
Dyspepsia - etiology
Dyspepsia - physiopathology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gastric Mucosa - microbiology
Gastric Mucosa - pathology
Gastrointestinal Motility - physiology
Gastroscopy
Helicobacter Infections - complications
Helicobacter Infections - diagnosis
Helicobacter Infections - drug therapy
Helicobacter pylori - isolation & purification
Humans
Incidence
Male
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Functional dyspepsia is still a puzzling medical problem. The causes are unknown, the pathogenetic mechanisms are uncertain, the management is controversial and medications are many times insufficient. The research so far has given conflicting results at all levels of investigation. This study represents an effort to collect all available data concerning the most disputed issues of functional dyspepsia. Topics regarding Helicobacter pylori eradication, pathophysiology, endoscopic and histologic correlations with symptomatology, the placebo effect and management options are presented following an evidence-based approach. Many articles, published in recent years, are discussed in order to obtain an overall insight of this peculiar symptom complex, named functional dyspepsia.
ISSN:0172-6390