Bateson EM. Duodenal ulcer--does it exist in Australia aborigines?
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 1976;
6:545-7. [PMID:
1071538 DOI:
10.1111/j.1445-5994.1976.tb03991.x]
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Abstract
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.
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