CONCENTRATIONS BASALES ET DEBITS INTEGRES POST-PRANDIAUX DE GASTRIENE CHEZ DES MALADES ATTEINTS DE GASTRITE ATROPHIQUE OU D'ULCERE DUODENAL. LIMITES A L'UTILITE DIAGNOSTIQUE

Maximal acid outputs were determined during intravenous pentagastrin tests (6 μg/kg/h) in 119 male subjects: 17 controls, 74 patients with duodenal ulcer and 28 with atrophic gastritis. Basal and postprandial serum gastrin levels were also determined in order to estimate the integrated gastrin response to the meal. In patients with atrophic gastritis the maximal acid output was decreased (p