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====Epidemiology====
====Epidemiology====
*Associated with:<ref>ALS. 5 February 2009.</ref>
Associated with:<ref>ALS. 5 February 2009.</ref>
**Excess acid.
*Excess acid.
**EtOH.
*EtOH.
**Bile.
*Bile.
**H. pylori.
*H. pylori.
**Drugs:
*Drugs:<ref name=pmid16939055>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Genta | first1 = RM. | title = Differential diagnosis of reactive gastropathy. | journal = Semin Diagn Pathol | volume = 22 | issue = 4 | pages = 273-83 | month = Nov | year = 2005 | doi =  | PMID = 16939055 }}</ref>
***Iron (brown pigment on histology).
**Iron (brown pigment on histology).
***NSAIDs.
**NSAIDs - synergistic effect with corticosteroids.
 
Drugs that cause erosions and/or ulcers -- adapted from ''Genta'':<ref name=pmid16939055>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Genta | first1 = RM. | title = Differential diagnosis of reactive gastropathy. | journal = Semin Diagn Pathol | volume = 22 | issue = 4 | pages = 273-83 | month = Nov | year = 2005 | doi =  | PMID = 16939055 }}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"
! Drug
! Comment
! Indication for Rx
|-
| NSAIDs
| common cause
| pain, reduce cardiovascular risk
|-
| Corticosteroids
| synergistic effect with NSAIDs
| rheumatologic diseases + others
|-
| Potassium (KCl)
| common cause
| renal failure
|-
| Bisphophonates
| uncommon cause
| osteoporosis
|-
| Ferrous sulfate
| very common if symptomatic
| iron deficiency anemia
|-
| Chloroquine
| uncommon
| only in the context of malaria
|-
| Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate)
| rare
| renal failure patients
|}


====Relation to gastritis====
====Relation to gastritis====
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