Association Between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Short-segment/Long-segment Barrett's Esophagus in a Japanese Population: A Large Cross-Sectional Study

• Published in: Journal of clinical gastroenterology Vol. 54; no. 5; p. 439
• Main Authors: Usui, Genki, Sato, Hajime, Shinozaki, Tomohiro, Jinno, Toyohisa, Fujibayashi, Kazutoshi, Ishii, Ken, Horiuchi, Hajime, Morikawa, Teppei, Gunji, Toshiaki, Matsuhashi, Nobuyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2020

The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and short-segment and long-segment Barrett's esophagus (SSBE and LSBE). H. pylori infection is reported to be inversely associated with Barrett's esophagus (BE) in western countries...