Gastrin Definition

Gastrin Sentence Examples

• Other effects related to acid inhibition During treatment with antisecretory drugs, serum gastrin increases in response to the decreased acid secretion.

• Excessive secretion of gastrin (a hormone secreted into the stomach to aid in digestion) by these tumors can cause upper gastrointestinal ulcers.

• They do however produce other gastrointestinal hormones including gastrin and VIP.

• The stomach wall also secretes gastrin while the kidney produces the hormone renin.

• This gives a sensitivity of 85% when performed on all patients with a fasting gastrin of less than 400 pmol/l.