[Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori and intestinal metaplasia in consecutive gastritis patients; over the period of 7 years]

ABSTRACT

Helicobacter pylori [H. pylori] is the cause of most cases of peptic ulcers and gastric cancers and cause some of the most important cause of stomach cancer and lymphoma. The objective of this study was to evaluate the time trend of Helicobacter pylori prevalence and presence of intestinal Metaplasia over the period of 7 years in gastritis Iranian patients