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. 1977 Apr;52(4):325-7.
doi: 10.1136/adc.52.4.325.

The stomach in malnutrition

M Gracey, G J Cullity, Suharjono, Sunoto

The stomach in malnutrition

M Gracey et al. Arch Dis Child. 1977 Apr.

Abstract

Basal gastric acid output was reduced in 9 out of 14 infants and young children with malnutrition compared with 21 age-matched controls. In all the patients the response of the gastric mucosa to stimulation by pentagastrin was impaired, and gastritis of variable severity was present in 8 out of the 9 patients in who biopsies were performed. Impaired gastric acid secretion probably contributes towards bacterial overgrowth and diarrhoeal diseases in malnourished children.

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