Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Pivot Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
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Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
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Drug
Enzyme
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Query: UMLS:C0011168 (
dysphagia
)
15,644
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Drug induced esophageal ulcers are more frequent than supposed. Four ulcerative lesions of the esophagus, two after ingestion of doxycycline-hydrochloride, one after metacycline-hydrochloride, and one after emeproniumbromide were detected at the department of Internal Medicine of a medium-sized standard-hospital during the last six years. Symptoms develop suddenly after taking the drug with minimum fluid, usually before going to bed.
Retrosternal burning
, odynophagia and
dysphagia
are pathognomonic features. The cause of ulceration is discussed to be a matter of the drug remaining in the esophagus and of its local cytolytic and corrosive effect. Cytomegalo and herpes-simplex-infections can be excluded as etiologic factor of such ulcers. The clinical diagnosis is verified by endoscopy only.
...
PMID:[Drug induced esophageal ulcers]. 715 2
