Ten year follow up study of lymphocytic gastritis: further evidence on Helicobacter pylori as a cause of lymphocytic gastritis and corpus gastritis

S Niemela, T Karttunen, T Kerola, R Karttunen
1995 Journal of Clinical Pathology  
Airns-To examine the course of lymphocytic gastritis and its relation to Helicobacter pylori (H pylon) infection in a 10 year follow up. Methods-Ninety six patients were originally examined for dyspepsia in 1981. Gastroscopies with stepwise biopsies were performed on all the patients initially and after an interval of 10 years. Results-Nine per cent of the patients (9/ 96) had features of lymphocytic gastritis in gastric biopsy at the first examination, and 12*5% (12/96) at the second exam-
doi:10.1136/jcp.48.12.1111 pmid:8567997 pmcid:PMC503037 fatcat:tbbe7tqhqvel5prvhyye3a2tqu