Escobar Castro H, Suárez Cortina L, Vasconez Muñoz F, Camarero Salces C, Perdomo Giraldi M
Unidad de Gastroenterología, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 1990 Mar;77(3):185-8.
We present 28 children, 4 to 14 year-old, with duodenal ulcer; there were 21 males and 7 females. In 16 cases, after stimulation with pentagastrin, basal pepsinogen I (PG1), basal gastrinemia and basal acid output (BAO) and maximal acid output (MAO) were measured. Compared to controls, the mean levels of PG1 and gastrin were significantly higher in the patients; 12 children (80%) had high levels of PG1 and the remaining 3 (20%) had normal levels. The blood group O was the most prevalent: 64% of the cases.
