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The Gastro-Test[R]: a simple in-office test for the determination of gastric pH & gastroesophageal reflux disease.
From:
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
| Date:
May 1, 2004| Author:
Prousky, Jonathan E.
| COPYRIGHT 2004 The Townsend Letter Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Introduction
A deficiency of gastric acid has the potential to cause clinically relevant consequences such as: (1) diminished sterilizing capacity favoring enteric pathogens; (2) absorption problems of various nutrients; (3) abnormal morphological changes of the gastric mucosa; (4) hypergastrinemia; and (5) the initiation of neoplastic mucosal changes. (1) The clinical signs and symptoms of deficient gastric acid states have been well described by this author in previous...
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; Introduction A deficiency of gastric acid has the potential to cause clinically relevant consequences such as: (1) diminished sterilizing capacity favoring enteric pathogens; (2) absorption problems of various nutrients; (3) abnormal morphological changes of the gastric mucosa; (4)
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