Relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric atrophy and the stages of the oesophageal inflammation, metaplasia, adenocarcinoma sequence: results from the FINBAR case–control study

Objective: A number of studies have shown an inverse association between infection with Helicobacter pylori and oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC). The mechanism of the apparent protection against OAC by H pylori infection and, in particular, the role of gastric atrophy is disputed. The relationship b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gut 2008-06, Vol.57 (6), p.734-739
Hauptverfasser: Anderson, L A, Murphy, S J, Johnston, B T, Watson, R G P, Ferguson, H R, Bamford, K B, Ghazy, A, McCarron, P, McGuigan, J, Reynolds, J V, Comber, H, Murray, L J
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