PMID: 3749788Sep 1, 1986Paper

The requirement for gastrin measurements

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
O JacobsenJ F Rehfeld

Abstract

In order to evaluate the clinical requirement for gastrin measurements, we examined all gastrin measurements requested over 1.5 years in a homogeneous population of 5.1 million inhabitants. Gastrin was quantitated with a radioimmunoassay that measured bioactive gastrins with equimolar potency. We received 1392 serum samples from 931 patients. In 394 samples from 121 patients the gastrin concentration was above the limit of the reference interval (50 pmol/l). Of the 121 patients, 19 were known Zollinger-Ellison patients followed for control of the therapy. In 11 previously unknown patients the gastrin analysis suggested presence of gastrin-producing tumours. Of these, four had classical Zollinger-Ellison syndromes, three had mixed endocrine tumours without peptic ulcer, and four were awaiting final confirmation of gastrinomas. Two vitiligo patients were hypergastrinaemic suggesting latent pernicious anaemia. Upon second measurement the plasma gastrin concentrations were within the reference interval in 14 previously hypergastrinaemic ulcer patients. In the remaining 75 patients the hypergastrinaemia was secondary to other gastrointestinal diseases. The results indicate that diagnosis, localization, and therapeutic control of gas...Continue Reading

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Citations

Jan 1, 1990·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·L BardramJ F Rehfeld
May 30, 2008·Endocrine-related Cancer·Thorvardur R HalfdanarsonGloria M Petersen
Feb 15, 2011·Gastroenterology·Jens F RehfeldPierre Poitras
Jan 1, 1991·Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. Supplementum·J F Rehfeld, L Bardram
Jan 28, 2009·Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation·Jens F Rehfeld
Jan 1, 1992·Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology·L RasmussenS A Pedersen
Mar 16, 2012·Clinical Chemistry·Jens F RehfeldJens P Goetze
Aug 22, 2020·Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation·Jens F RehfeldJan Fahrenkrug
Apr 4, 2021·Peptides·Nicolai J Wewer Albrechtsen, Jens F Rehfeld

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