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Peptic ulceration in the African of Durban


Malcolm B. Mckenzie

Abstract

It is generally considered that peptic ulcer is uncommon in the African, although Gelfand1 suggests that it may be commoner in the urbanised Native. Three cases of duodenal ulcer in male Africans were recently (April 1957) diagnosed during a single week in the medical wards of this hospital, and this unusual occurrence prompted an examination of the incidence of peptic ulcer in the African in Natal, and comparison of these findings with those recorded for the African elsewhere in this continent.


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