Endocrine Abstracts

Hydrochloric acid has been demonstrated to be important for the absorption of calcium and the bone loss is often seen in human after total gastrectomy. The aim of our study was to document the change of calcium and bone metabolism in the patients with decreased capacity of gastric acid secretion like chronic atrophic gastritis.The study sample consisted of chronic atrophic gastritis group and control group. Chronic atrophic gastritis group was 20 post-me...