Gastro-duodenal disease in Africa:Literature review and clinical data from Accra,Ghana

• 作 者: Timothy N Archampong Richard H
• 机 构: DepartmentofMedicineandTherapeutics,DepartmentofGeneticsandGenomeBiology,DepartmentofMedicalLaborato
• 出 处: 世界胃肠病学杂志:英文版
• 发表日期: 2019年26期
• 关键词: GASTRODUODENAL PEPTIC ULCER GASTRIC cancer AFRICA Pre-malignant Atrophy Intestin
• 基金项目: University of Ghana Research fund URF/5/ILG-003/2011-2012 to Timothy N Archampong,the Medical Research Council UK with grant MR/M01987X/1 to Sandra Beleza.

Gastroduodenal disease(GDD)was initially thought to be uncommon in Africa.Amongst others,lack of access to optimal health infrastructure and suspicion of conventional medicine resulted in the reported prevalence of GDD being significantly lower than that