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#Question id: 12056


A 68-year-old woman with hematemesis has heartburn and stomach pain. Endoscopy shows inflammation involving the gastric body and antrum as well as a small gastric ulcer. Biopsies were positive for Helicobacter pylori. H. pylori damages the gastric mucosa primarily by increasing mucosal levels of which substance?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. Ammonium
  2. Bile salts
  3. Gastrin
  4. NSAIDS