| Malabsorption may be caused by delayed gastric emptying, prior or concurrent injury, achlorhydria, and reduced gastric mucin secretion. |
| Other infections are associated with normal or elevated gastric acidity, and may lead to duodenal ulcers. |
| The risk of gastric distension or aerophagia should also be minimized by the careful positioning of the infant. |
| This unusual reactive lesion of the gastric mucosa has only rarely been described and has been termed Russell body gastritis. |
| There is preliminary evidence that quassia may be useful in the treatment of leukemia or gastric ulcers. |
| The use of adsorptive agents decreases the amount of the toxic agent available for absorption by the gastric mucosa. |
