autoimmune gastritis

A rare form of chronic atrophic gastritis, which is most common in African Americans and northern Europeans, characterised by autoimmune destruction of fundic and body glands.

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Serum antiparietal and anti-intrinsic factor antibodies that cause IF deficiency, decreasing available cobalamin, often linked to megaloblastic anaemia

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Cutting edge issues in autoimmune gastritis. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2012; 42:269-278.

False increased vitamin B12 levels in autoimmune gastritis and subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord

Autoimmune gastritis diagnosis was established according to the pathological features in biopsy specimens, which was obtained during gastroscopic examination.

Clinical profiles, endoscopic and laboratory features and associated factors in patients with autoimmune gastritis. Digestion 2012; 86: 20-6.

Relationships between autonomic nerve function and gastric emptying in patients with autoimmune gastritis. Clin Auton Res 2016; 26: 189-96.

Autoimmune gastritis in type 1 diabetes: a clinically oriented review.

Utility of a laboratory score in the prediction of altered autonomic nervous system function in autoimmune gastritis

IFN-a treatment for chronic hepatitis C may appear to be associated with occurrence of autoimmune gastritis, particularly in female patients.

LABORATORY EVIDENCE OF AUTOIMMUNITY IN HCV INFECTED PATIENTS AFTER INTERFERON TREATMENT

Krishnamurthy and Dayal[2] reported PAT at the GEJ in 3% of adults with BE and Jhala et al[6] reported PAT at the GEJ in oxyntic mucosa of 41% of adults with autoimmune gastritis.

Prevalence and Pathogenesis of Pancreatic Acinar Tissue at the Gastroesophageal Junction in Children and Young Adults

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