Regression of gastric intestinal metaplasia after the eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection in a hospital in Mexico

Background: Intestinal metaplasia is a precursor lesion of gastric cancer. Infection by Helicobacter pylori is the principal cause of metaplasia. While evidence of the regression of metaplasia after treatment to eradicate this infection has been demonstrated, controversy remains with regard to this...

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Main Authors: Jaime Alberto Sánchez-Cuén, Ana Bertha Irineo-Cabrales, Gregorio Bernal-Magaña, Felipe de Jesús Peraza-Garay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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