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It is obvious from this work that measurements of concentration of pepsin in the gastric juice have no prognostiic value.
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Studies I and II of this series bore the general title, “Studies of Gastric Pepsin.”
This work was aided by a grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation.
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Vanzant, F.R., Osterberg, A.E., Alvarez, W.C. et al. Studies of pepsin in human gastric juice. American Journal of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 3, 101–102 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999070
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