Blood gastrin and ultrastructure of gastrin-producing cells in chronic gastritis with secretory insufficiency
Mishchuk, V.G.; Shutka, B.V.
Vrachebnoe Delo 6: 61-63
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0049-6804 PMID: 1891856 Document Number: 387793
The content of basal gastrin and ultrastructure of gastrinproducing cells was studied in 81 patients showing chronic gastritis with secretory insufficiency. The highest level of gastrin was revealed in the blood of patients with diffuse atrophic gastritis, moderately increased--focal atrophic gastritis. The blood gastrin was reduced in patients with antral gastritis. A study of the ultrastructure of gastrinproducing cells revealed their high functional activity in diffuse atrophic gastritis and a moderate in focal atrophic gastritis. Changes of the gastrin level and ultrastructure of gastrinproducing cells should be considered in the choice of treatment methods.