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    PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

    Site (gastroduodenal mucosa)

    Inability to withstand the digestive action of gastric acid (HCl) and pepsin

    Increased concentration or activity of acidpepsin and decreased resistance of the mucosa

    Erosion/damage of the mucosa

    Inability to secrete enough mucus to act as a barrier against HCl

    hypersecretion of gastric juice, duodenal ulcers, and gastrinomas (islet cell tumors) in the pancreas

    Epigastric pain

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