[Diagnostic and therapeutic problems of the stress ulcer]

Several examples show the five pathogenetic patterns of stress-ulcer induction. Own clinical experiences with 60 cases of stress-ulcers from 1973 to 1974 are described. Our studies on the effect of Vit. A und STH on stress-ulcera are compared with those of other authors and are critically discussed. The different excretion patterns of the group I and group II pepsinogens are pointed out. Difficulties exist not only from here but also from the unknown correlation between serum and urine pepsinogens as far as the attempt is concerned, to work out a pattern to diagnose stress-ulcera before they become clinically manifest.