Some aspects of pathogenesis of erosive-ulcerous gastric lesions in liver cirrhosis patients

Abstract

Von Willebrand factor, tumor necrosis factor-α levels and portal bloodstream were examined in 47 patients with liver cirrhosis and 8 apparently healthy persons. The increase of von Willebrand factor and tumor necrosis factor-α levels were found to lead to the development of erosive-ulcerative lesions of gastric mucosa. The abnormalities of portal resistance, von Willebrand factor and TNF-α are interrelated data which play a certain role in occurrence of erosive-ulcerative lesions of gastric mucosa in patients with liver cirrhosis.