Serkan Yalaki, Hüseyin Pulat, Aysu Ilhan
Background/aims: Interactions between Helicobacter pylori (Hp) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which are common diseases worldwide, are confusing. In this study, the aim was to compare and evaluate the relationship between reflux esophagitis (RE) and Hp infection in adult patients with both the gastric localization of Hp and its histopathologic features. Materials and methods: 248 patients with RE were compared with 249 age and sex matched control groups. Biopsy specimens obtained from the gastric antrum and corpus were histologically evaluated...
December 22, 2019: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology