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[Members Only And Two Factor Auth.] J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 98(11): 932-935, 1997
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ROLE OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS
It is now widely accepted that peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a result of chronic infection of Helicobacter pylori (
H. pylori). Thus,treatment of PUD should be aimed toward eradication of
H. pylori with antibiotics.One the other hand,recent study from England suggested that eradication of
H. pylori may provokedevelopment of reflux esophagitis in duodenal ulcer patients. Despite duodenal ulcer patients with concomitant esophagitis is a specific type of esophagitis, it is important to recognize the development of reflux esophagitis after cure of
H. pylori infection. Whether the development of reflux esophagitis is occured in other
H. pylori-related disease such as gastric ulcer remains to be studied.
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