Accuracy and cut-off values of pepsinogens I, II and gastrin 17 for diagnosis of gastric fundic atrophy: influence of gastritis.

Accuracy and cut-off values of pepsinogens I, II and gastrin 17 for diagnosis of gastric fundic atrophy: influence of gastritis.

BACKGROUND: To establish optimal cutoff values for serologic diagnosis of fundic atrophy in a high-risk area for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma and gastric cancer with high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in Northern Iran, we performed an endoscopy-room-based validation study. MET...

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Main Authors: Dariush Nasrollahzadeh, Karim Aghcheli, Masoud Sotoudeh, Ramin Shakeri, E Christina Persson, Farhad Islami, Farin Kamangar, Christian C Abnet, Paolo Boffetta, Lars Engstrand, Sanford M Dawsey, Reza Malekzadeh, Weimin Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3204997?pdf=render

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