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A patient has a tumor causing them to secrete excess gastrin all of the time, regardless...

  1. A patient has a tumor causing them to secrete excess gastrin all of the time, regardless of the levels of its normal stimuli. How will the following compare to that of a normal patient? Will they be lower, higher, or the same? For each one, explain your answer.
    1. Level of gastric pepsin
    2. Gastric pH
    3. Histamine secretion from ECL cells
    4. Gastric motility (movement of partially digested chyme into small intestine)
    5. Plasma CCK levels

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