[The specificity of the peripheral blood changes in patients with gastric peptic ulcer]

Leucocytes were studied in 112 patients with ulcer disease of the stomach in comparison with periods of existence of an ulcer defect of the gastric mucosa. Methods of statistical analysis allowed to establish that the peripheral blood shows phasic changes in the absolute content of the leucocytes and their forms, pathogenetically related to the course of the reparative process.