Real-Time Gastric Juice Analysis to Rule Out the Presence of Autoimmune Gastritis: A Case-Control Study
Emanuele Dilaghi,
Gianluca Esposito,
Irene Ligato
et al.
Abstract:<b><i>Background:</i></b> Autoimmune gastritis (AIG) is an infrequent disease predisposing to both neuroendocrine tumours and cancer. This study aimed to evaluate whether pH measurement of gastric juice allows accurate exclusion of the presence of AIG in real time so that gastric mucosa sampling on normal-appearing mucosa may be avoided. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This study enrolled patients diagnosed with AIG and matched controls (ratio 1:5) who underwent upper end… Show more
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