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Gut 62:184 doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303077
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  • Letter

Gastric acid inhibitors may prevent/heal oxyntic lesions by reducing blood demand

  1. Øyvind Hauso1,2
  1. 1Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
  2. 2Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, St Olavs Hospital HF, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
  1. 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
  1. Contributors This letter is written in cooperation between two authors.

  • Accepted 13 June 2012
  • Published Online First 5 July 2012

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, …

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