Atrophic gastritis

摘要: Our main purpose in this review article is to present some of the vast amount information on subject atrophic gastritis available at time. Various areas research pertaining entity, including that from author's laboratory, are reviewed article, encompassing histological and ultrastructural abnormalities, enzyme histochemistry, exfoliative cytology cytochemistry chronic gastritis, with emphasis diagnostic significance these laboratory methods. The altered cell proliferation kinetics gastric lesions also discussed, as well its reduction glandular cells mucosa. Furthermore, more recent evidence immunological mechanisms other causes such alcoholism bile reflux, reviewed, effects partial gastrectomy important associations sequellae ulcer, polyps, cancer, discussed detail.