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Link betweenHelicobacter pylori-associated gastritis and duodenal ulcer

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We examined the interrelationships among the degree of fundic mucosal atrophy, the prevalence ofHelicobacter pylori in the gastric antrum, the gastric juice, and the duodenum with and without gastric metaplasia, in 20 duodenal ulcer patients and 20 non-duodenal ulcer patients. The detection rates ofH. pylori in the antrum, the gastric juice, and the duodenum were significantly higher in duodenal ulcer patients (80%, 65%, and 60%) than in non-duodenal ulcer subjects (50%, 20%, and 5%). The frequency ofH. pylori was significantly lower in the gastric juice (30%) and the duodenum (10%) in non-duodenal ulcer patients with antralH. pylori, compared with those in duodenal ulcer patients with antralH. pylori. All of seven patients with both gastric metaplasia andH. pylori infection in the duodenum had duodenal ulcer, whereas only 1 of 14 patients without either gastric metaplasia orH. pylori infection in the duodenum had duodenal ulcer. There was normal or mild atrophic mucosa in the fundus of duodenal ulcer patients withH. pylori in the antrum, whereas moderate or severe atrophic mucosa in non-duodenal ulcer patients withH. pylori gastritis. These results suggest that the preserved fundic mucosa, gastric metaplasia in the duodenum, and a greater load ofH. pylori to the duodenum through the gastric juice may be prerequisites for the formation of duodenal ulcers.

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Saita, H., Murakami, M., Yoo, J.K. et al. Link betweenHelicobacter pylori-associated gastritis and duodenal ulcer. Digest Dis Sci 38, 117–122 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01296782

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