Could gastric histology be a useful marker for making decision on Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy in patients with dyspepsia? É a histologia gástrica um marcador útil na decisão de erradicar o Helicobacter pylori nos pacientes com dispepsia?

CONTEXT: It still remains an open debate whether Helicobacter pylori eradication is beneficial or not for the improvement of symptoms in functional dyspepsia. Differences in geographic distribution, the worldwide H. pylori genetic variability and the fact that the outcome of infection is strongly re...

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Main Authors: Severino Marcos Borba de Arruda, Nora Manoukian Forones, Norma Thomé Jucá, Kátia Simone Cezário de Barros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2009-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032009000300013