Normal values are generally less than 100 pg/mL (picograms per milliliter).

Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.

Too much gastrin causes severe peptic ulcer disease. Greater-than-normal levels may also be due to:

• Chronic atrophic gastritis
• G-cell hyperplasia (overactivity of gastrin-producing cells in the stomach)
• Heliobacter pylori infection of the stomach
• Use of antacids or medicines that suppress stomach acid
• Zollinger-Ellison syndrome , a gastrin-producing tumor that may develop in the stomach or pancreas

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Review Date: 08/01/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)