zollinger-ellison syndrome in English

noun
1
a condition in which a gastrin-secreting tumor or hyperplasia of the islet cells in the pancreas causes overproduction of gastric acid, resulting in recurrent peptic ulcers.

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1. Medications such as proton-pump inhibitors are effective for suppressing stomach acid in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

2. Symptomatic treatment with H+-K+-ATPase proton-pump inhibitors suppresses hypersecretion of gastric acid and substantially improves quality of life in patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

3. Omeprazole, sold under the brand names Prilosec and Losec among others, is a medication used in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, peptic ulcer disease, and Zollinger–Ellison syndrome.

4. The most frequent conditions of hypergastrinemia in man are the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome with autonomous gastrin hypersecretion by the tumour cell and reactive hypergastrinemia in type A autoimmune chronic atrophic gastritis with achlorhydria causing unrestrained gastrin release from the gastrin-producing antral G-cells.