It’s a simple blood test that checks for excess gastrin production. Gastrin is a hormone that your stomach makes to fuel the release of gastric acid. Your body needs this to digest and absorb ...

Serum gastrin levels were repeatedly measured in a patient with a total gastrectomy and hypergastrinemia associated with the Zollinger—Ellison syndrome. Fasting serum concentrations determined on ...

A radioiodine-immunoassay technic was used to measure fasting serum gastrin levels in four patients with the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and 24 patients without gastrointestinal diseases. Serum gastrin ...

The basis for these questions is the fact that levels of all 3 of these substances (hormones, vitamins, and elements) are in some way dependent on or related to gastric acid secretion. As such, any ...