Duodenitis

Introduction: Duodenitis

Description of Duodenitis

Duodenitis (medical condition): An inflammation or irritation of the duodenum. The duodenum is a part of the digestive system. It is the first portion of the small intestine and connects the stomach to the rest of the digestive system. Certain drugs are of the ...more

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Duodenitis: Inflammation of the duodenum.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Duodenitis: Inflammation of the DUODENUM section of the small intestine (INTESTINE, SMALL). Erosive duodenitis may cause bleeding in the UPPER GI TRACT and PEPTIC ULCER.
Source: MeSH 2007

Duodenitis as a Disease

Duodenitis (medical condition): See Duodenitis (disease information).
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Duodenitis: Related Diseases

Duodenitis: Duodenitis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Duodenal conditions
• Gastritis
• Stomach Conditions

More information on medical condition: Duodenitis:

• Information about Duodenitis
• Basic Summary for Duodenitis
• Symptoms of Duodenitis

Duodenitis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Duodenitis:

• duodenum ulcer
• DU
• peptic ulcer
• gastric ulcer
• Helicobacter pylori
• H pylori
• Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Hierarchical classifications of Duodenitis

The following list attempts to classify Duodenitis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Digestive System Diseases
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases
    • Gastroenteritis
      • Enteritis
        • Duodenitis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Digestive System Diseases
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases
    • Intestinal Diseases
      • Duodenal Diseases
        • Duodenitis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Digestive System Diseases
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases
    • Intestinal Diseases
      • Enteritis
        • Duodenitis

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Gastritis and duodenitis
• DISEASES OF ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, AND DUODENUM
• DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

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