Dexamethasone makes the gastric mucosa susceptible to ulceration by inhibiting prostaglandin synthetase and peroxidase - two important gastroprotective enzymes
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
- Vol. 202 (1/2) , 31-36
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007018212822
Abstract
The plausible mechanism by which dexamethasone makes the gastric mucosa susceptible to ulceration has been studied. As acid aggravates ulcer, the role of dexamethasone on acid secretion was first...Keywords
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