Diagnosis of chronic atrophic gastritis by morphometric image analysis. A new method to overcome the confounding effect of the inflammatory infiltrate

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-54

  Staibano, Stefania ^a   Rocco, Alba ^a   Mezza, Ernesto ^a   De Rosa, Gaetano ^a   Budillon, Gabriele ^a   Nardone, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen fibres; Gastric atrophy; Helicobacter pylori; Image analysis; Interstitial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTERSTITIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPLASIA; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH GLAND; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036723822     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1173     Document Type: Article

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