Serum Gastrin Levels in Infants and Children
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 60 (1) , 60-64
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.60.1.60
Abstract
Fasting serum gastrin concentrations were determined by radioimmunoassay for 124 infants and children free of gastrointestinal disease. Values for the entire group ranged from 1.1-167.9 pg/ml (mean, 32.3 pg/ml). Mean serum gastrin levels for children who fasted 8 h or more were 22.5 .+-. 23.9 pg/ml while the mean serum gastrin levels for children who fasted 4-8 h ranged from 42.4 .+-. 33.9 pg/ml-59.2 .+-. 49.6 pg/ml. The mean serum gastrin levels varied inversely with body surface area among children who fasted the same length of time.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Gastric acid secretion and parietal cell mass in the stomach of a newborn infantThe American Journal of Surgery, 1966
- Gastric Acidity in the First Ten Days of Life of the Prematurely Born BabyArchives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1960