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Gastric analyses and gastric symptoms in diabetes insipidus

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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Because of the frequency of gastric symptoms in diabetes insipidus, a study was made of the chemistry of the gastric juice in six patients with and without pituitrin injection and of the gastro-intestinal X-rays in four cases.

There was found in diabetes insipidus, changes in the chemistry of the gastric juice which may account for the gastric symptoms. These changes were characterized by a greater volume of gastric juice, a higher degree of acidity and an increased pepsin and rennin content than is ordinarily found in normal people. The administration of pituitrin decreased these findings.

Gastro-intestinal X-ray studies in four patients with marked gastric symptoms showed normal conditions in three cases while in the fourth case there was revealed a duodenal ulcer.

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    Harry Blotner

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From the Medical Clinic of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston.

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Blotner, H. Gastric analyses and gastric symptoms in diabetes insipidus. American Journal of Digestive Diseases 7, 73–75 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02997194

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