Biomedical subjects

F L Omardeen

Publications and source records attributed to F L Omardeen.

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PubMed1992

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with antecedent poliomyelitis.

Motor neurone disease may occur in patients with antecedent, sometimes remote, paralytic poliomyelitis. A Jamaican patient with this sequence is described. Research exploring the relationship between the two diseases is giving a new insight into the aetiology of motor neurone disease.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis↗

PubMed1991

Helicobacter pylori.

Since 1983, rapid advances in the knowledge of Helicobacter pylori have given new insights into the pathogenesis of upper gastrointestinal diseases. Several methods are now available for the diagnosis of the infection. Antimicrobial therapy has emerged as a new and effective treatment for peptic ulcer disease in a proportion, as yet to be determined, of patients in the Caribbean.

Gastritis↗