Gastric acid inhibitors may prevent/heal oxyntic lesions by reducing blood demand
- Helge Lyder Waldum1,2,
- Øyvind Hauso1,2
- 1Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
- 2Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, St Olavs Hospital HF, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
- Correspondence to Dr Øyvind Hauso, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, NTNU, Olav Kyrresgate 3, NO-7489, Trondheim, Norway; oyvind.hauso{at}ntnu.no
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Contributors This letter is written in cooperation between two authors.
- Accepted 13 June 2012
- Published Online First 5 July 2012
- Acid secretion
- acid inhibitors
- wound healing
- gastric ulcer
- gastric and duodenal ulcers
- gastrin receptors
- gut hormones
- endocrine tumours
- acid-related diseases
- carcinogenesis
- serotonin
We read with interest the paper by Demitrack and co-workers describing how inhibitors of gastric acid secretion had a beneficial effect upon gastric wound healing beyond the effect on gastric luminal acidity.1 In that context, …








