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№1' 2003
GASTROENTEROLOGYInternational Medical Journal, Vol. 9., Iss. 1, 2003, P. 39−41.
PSYCHOSOMATIC ASPECTS OF DUODENAL ULCER
Kharkiv Medical Academy of Post−graduate Education, Kharkiv, Ukraine
The importance of the problem of psychosomatic correlations in duodenal ulcer is shown; the theories explaining the influence of psyche on the somatic state and the role of psychogenic factors in ulcerogenesis are reviewed. The author concludes about the necessity to consider psychosomatic correlations in complex therapy.