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. 1976 Feb;35(1):40–45. doi: 10.1136/ard.35.1.40

Serum immunoreactive gastrin: specificity for rheumatoid arthritis, bimodality of distribution, and failure of effect of anti-inflammatory drugs.

P J Rooney, D M Grennan, R D Sturrock, P M Brooks, W C Dick
PMCID: PMC1006505  PMID: 1275579

Abstract

A significant rise in immunoreactive gastrin in a proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis is confirmed. Such a rise does not seem to occur in other inflammatory or tissue destructive diseases. The patients with raised immunoreactive gastrin appear to form a separate population but the factors determining this separation remain obscure. Anti-inflammatory drugs, at least during short-term administration have no influence on immunoreactive gastrin concentrations.

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