Ethnic difference of Helicobacter pylori gastritis: Korean and Japanese gastritis is characterized by male- and antrum-predominant acute foveolitis in comparison with American gastritis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-98

  Lee, Inchul ^a   Lee, Hojung ^a   Kim, Mijung ^a   Fukumoto, Manabu ^b   Sawada, Shinji ^c   Jakate, Shriram ^d   Gould, Victor E ^d  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGAHAMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori infection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE FOVEOLITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; JAPAN; KOREA; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11844275261     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i1.94     Document Type: Article

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