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Pectic ulcers cause acidity-related pain and bleeding in the stomach and duodenum of affected persons. What is the cause of this disease ? Who gave this finding ?

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(i) Helicobacter pylori bacterium.
(ii) Barry Marshall and Robin Warren identified this bacterium as the cause of peptic ulcers.
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