Search for: [Abstract = "n micro and macroscopic feature found in the gastric mucosa and to the clinical state in extremely difficult. The facts mentioned above were the direct cause of attempting to find an answer to whether such varied clinical findings of acute alcohol intoxication and withdrawal syndrome can be reflected in endoscopic and histologic findings in the gastric mucosa of alcohol dependent patients. The additional aim of this study was the examination of the dynamics of gastric mucosa lesions following controlled alcohol abstinence and the procurement of data based on analysis of endoscopic and histologic findings of gastric mucosa adaptation to chronic stress of alcohol abuse. This study involved 66 alcohol dependent patients hospitalised in the Department of Toxicology CMUJ who were divided into two groups\: one group of 28 patients admitted due to acute alcohol intoxication and another group of 38 patients admitted with variously intensified withdrawal syndrome. In each group following history taking and physical examination the indications for endoscopy within the first 24 hours post admission to the department were established. During gastrofiberoscopy biopsy specimens from the corpus, antrum and pylorus were collected for histological examination and for ureaze test to confirm or exclude Helicobacter pylori infection. Macro and microscopic findings were classified according to the"]
