Chronic atrophic antral gastritis and risk of metaplasia and dysplasia in an area with low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 49-52

  Yeh, Lee Yeong ^a   Raj, Mahendra ^a   Hassan, Syed ^c   Aziz, Syed Abdul ^a   Othman, Nor Hayati ^b   Mutum, Samarendra Singh ^b   Naik, Ventakesh R ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Pantai Hospital   (Malaysia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atrophic gastritis; Chronic gastritis; Dysplasia; Helicobacter pylori; Intestinal metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RAPID UREASE TEST; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALAYSIA; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PYLORIC ANTRUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73249142509     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-009-0017-0     Document Type: Article

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