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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In association with endocrine cell hyperplasia, gastric carcinoid tumours have been observed in 1-7% of pernicious anaemia patients screened by gastroscopy.
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In this study we evaluated the findings of follow up gastroscopies performed three years after primary gastroscopic screening of pernicious anaemia patients.
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It has long been known that pernicious anaemia predisposes to development of gastric adenocarcinoma.
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More recent findings indicate that hypergastrinaemia associated with pernicious anaemia leads to hyperplasia of fundic endocrine cells.
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Similar findings were also reported by Sjöblom etal studying patients with pernicious anaemia .
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The need for gastroscopic follow up of pernicious anaemia patients is therefore still debated.
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These patients had been treated earlier for pernicious anaemia in the same hospital between 1972 and 1985.
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These patients were characterised by an early onset and long duration of pernicious anaemia .