title: Hypergastrinemia.
abstract: Gastrin is an important hormone of the digestive system, which assists gastric acid secretion. It may be pathologically elevated in conditions such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, or due to common medications such as proton pump inhibitors. In this review we provide an overview of the pathophysiology and medical causes of hypergastrinemia, diagnostic testing and clinical consequences of chronic hypergastrinemia.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA sunil.dacha@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dacha
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Razvi
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Massaad
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wehbi
keywords: carcinoid; helicobacter pylori; hypergastrinemia