Title: Study in relationship of helicobacter pylori infection and portal hypertensive gastropathy in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Abstract: This study evaluates the relationship of Helicobacter pylori(H.pylori)infection and portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) in patients with liver cirrhosis. To detect H. pylori infectious rate by Urease test, 14 C urea breath test ( 14 C-UBT) and serological diagnostic test in 200 patients with portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) (50 cases), liver cirrhosis (50 cases), duodenal ulcer (50 cases), and functional dyspepsia (50 cases). Results showed H. pylori infectious rate was 36%(18/50) in patients with PHG and it is remarkably lower than that of patients with duodenal ulcer(94%), but no clear difference in patients liver cirrhosis (38%) or functional dyspepsia (44%). We consider that H. pylori infection seems to be unlikely in the pathogenesis of PHG.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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