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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Low incidence of clinically significant gastroduodenal pathology despite a high incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 88, No. 5, Year 1994
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Gastric Helicobacter pylori infection is common throughout the tropics yet does not always correlate with the incidence of serious upper gastrointestinal pathology. In a consecutive series of 213 patients examined by gastroscopy for dyspepsia in northern Nigeria, 176 (of%) 92 193 with acceptable biopsies had gastritis. Only 16 (8%) had a histologically normal gastric mucosa. H. pylori was present in 161 of 192 patients (84%); 31/41 (75%) with chronic gastritis and 130/135 (96%) with active gastritis. Serious pathology, ulcer and gastric cancer were present in only 29 (14%). © 1994 Oxford University Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Holcombe, Christopher
Nigeria, Maiduguri
University of Maiduguri
Umar, H.
Nigeria, Maiduguri
University of Maiduguri
Lucas, Sebastian B.
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Medical School
Kaluba, Joseph
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Medical School
Statistics
Citations: 26
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0035-9203(94)90166-X
ISSN:
00359203
e-ISSN:
18783503
Research Areas
Cancer
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Nigeria