Acquired gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT): A review with special emphasis on association with extragastric diseases and management problems of gastric MALT

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-137

  Tursi, Antonio ^a,b   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Celiac disease; Follow up; Helicobacter pylori; Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CELIAC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH MUCOSA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELIAC DISEASE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032802353     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199909000-00006     Document Type: Review

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