Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Intestinal metaplasia (IM) occurs when the body replaces the cells that line the upper ...

Intestinal metaplasia (IM) occurs when the body replaces the cells that line the upper digestive tract (including the stomach and esophagus) with cells that line the intestines. When IM happens in ...

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pylori due to their low stomach acidity. Second ... should coexist with a low prevalence of duodenal ulcer and gastric metaplasia in the duodenal bulb. In fact, such a pattern has been observed ...

2018 Mar;154:801-803; Faculty of 1000 Prime article) Burclaff J, Osaki LH, Liu D, Goldenring JR, Mills JC. Targeted Apoptosis of Parietal Cells is Insufficient to Induce Metaplasia in Stomach.

Gastric cancer is one of the main causes of cancer death in China. Most of these patients have poor prognosis because of late presentation and diagnosis. The best tactics for dealing with gastric ...