[Morphological changes in the stomach and duodenum in chronic liver diseases of HB viral etiology]. / Morfologicheskie izmeneniia zheludka i dvenadtsatiperstnoi kishki pri khronicheskikh zabolevaniiakh pecheni HB-virusnoi étiologii.

Morphologic investigation of 72 gastroduodenal biopsy samples from 29 children with chronic persistent and chronic active hepatitis, hepatic cirrhosis, revealed signs of chronic gastroduodenitis. The degree of the gastroduodenal zone lesion was directly related to severity of the primary condition. Comparative data on histopathological changes in the stomach and duodenum in concurrent pathologies suggest that chronic duodenitis may be the primary condition.