Gastric juice nitrite and vitamin C in patients with gastric cancer and atrophic gastritis: Is low acidity solely responsible for cancer risk?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 987-993

  Kodama, Kanji ^a,e   Sumii, Koji ^b   Kawano, Masanori ^a   Kido, Tamako ^a   Nojima, Keiko ^a   Sumii, Masaharu ^a   Haruma, Ken ^c   Yoshihara, Masaharu ^d   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Hiroshima Hospital   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Kure Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Gastric juice; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GASTRIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PEPSINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH PH; STOMACH ULCER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; FEMALE; GASTRIC JUICE; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRITES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041760756     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200309000-00008     Document Type: Article

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