Prevalence and Factors Associated with Intestinal Metaplasia in Chronic <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Gastritis in a Country with High Endemicity: Ivory Coast Case
Hatrydt Guillaume Dimitri Kouamé,
Lisiane Mewetieh,
Kouassi Olivier Claver Koffi
et al.
Abstract:Context/Objective: Few studies have been carried out in a country with high endemicity for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in Sub-Saharan Africa looking for the association of intestinal metaplasia (IM) with chronic gastritis.We hypothesize that IM is correlated with the intensity of H. pylori infection in a country with high endemicity, Ivory Coast. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal metaplasia in chronic H. pylori gastritis in Ivory Coast. Methods: This was a … Show more
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