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As circulating chromogranin A (CgA) levels are a marker of neuroendocrine tumours, we evaluated the clinical usefulness of CgA assay in ABG patients to detect those with carcinoids.<\/jats:p>\n      <jats:p><jats:italic>Design and methods<\/jats:italic>: Plasma CgA levels were measured using a commercial ELISA in 45 healthy volunteers, nine patients with type-1 gastric carcinoids and 43 consecutive ABG patients (21 without and 22 with ECL cell hyperplasia\/dysplasia).<\/jats:p>\n      <jats:p><jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>: CgA levels were significantly higher in ABG patients with and without gastric carcinoids than in healthy subjects (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). The highest values occurred in patients with carcinoids (median (interquartile range): 58.1 (44.5\u201365.3) U\/l) and with ECL cell hyperplasia\/dysplasia (35.5 (31.8\u201348.65) U\/l) but there were no significant differences in CgA among the various subgroups of ABG patients classified according to ECL cell status. Nevertheless, in ABG patients without carcinoids CgA values correlated with the presence and severity of ECL cell lesions (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n<jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub> = 0.428, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01). 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