Rangachari P K
Intestinal Disease Research Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl. 1991;187:85-90.
Helicobacter infection of the gastric antrum is linked to the development of duodenal ulcer. A key element could be the associated hypergastrinemia. This brief commentary seeks answers to the following questions: 1) Does hypergastrinemia occur? 2) How does it occur? and 3) Does it matter?