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In atrophic body gastritis (ABG) chronic hypergastrinaemia stimulates enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cell proliferation with development of cell hyperplasia, dysplasia and possibly type-1 gastric carcinoids. As circulating chromogranin A (CgA) levels are a marker of neuroendocrine tumours, we evaluated the clinical usefulness of CgA assay in ABG patients to detect those with carcinoids.
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Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS, Padiglione Granelli, Via F Sforza 35, 20122 Milan, Italy. maddalena.peracchi@unimi.it
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