Serum gastrin and its correlation with hyperacidity in patients of duodenal ulcer

ABSTRACT

Fasting serum gastrin levels were studied in 70 patients of duodenal ulcer. The mean level was 122,92 pg/ml +/- 74.38. In 30 of these patients the post-prandial serum gastrin was also performed, and found to be 131.97 pg/ml which was not significantly high to be of diagnostic value. In 20 of these patients, both serum gastrin and the acid output studies were carried and, but no correlation was found between them except that, the higher acid outputs were accompanied with higher serum gastrin levels