Gastritis, anaemia and hyposecretion

Baron, J. H.

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Gastritis, anaemia and hyposecretion

J. H. Baron D.M., F.R.C.P.^3,4

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Various authors have set different and arbitrary values of pH above which achlorhydria and anacidity are said to exist, for example 3.5,¹²⁶² 4.5, ⁴¹⁴ 6.0²⁰⁹ and 8.2.¹⁰⁴³ The early literature has been comprehensively reviewed by Molofsky and Hollander.⁸⁵¹ Callender et al¹⁹⁸ defined achlorhydria as a pH less than 3.5, falling by not more than 1.0 pH units after maximal stimulation.

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Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital, UK
J. H. Baron D.M., F.R.C.P. (Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant, Consultant Physician, Associate Teacher)
St Charles’ Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
J. H. Baron D.M., F.R.C.P. (Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant, Consultant Physician, Associate Teacher)

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Baron, J.H. (1978). Gastritis, anaemia and hyposecretion. In: Clinical Tests of Gastric Secretion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03188-7_14

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