Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 11 , Pages 1593-1600 , November 2010

Gastric foveolar metaplasia and gastric heterotopia in the duodenum: no evidence of an etiologic role for Helicobacter pylori

  • Robert M. Genta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Caris Diagnostics, Gastrointestinal Pathology, Irving, TX 75039, USA
    • Dallas VAMC and University of Texas Southwestern medical Center, Dallas, TX 75016, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Caris Diagnostics, Irving, TX 75039, USA.
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  • R. Shawn Kinsey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Caris Diagnostics, Gastrointestinal Pathology, Irving, TX 75039, USA
    • ,
  • Anuradha Singhal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Caris Diagnostics, Gastrointestinal Pathology, Irving, TX 75039, USA
    • ,
  • Smita Suterwala, MD

      Affiliations

    • Caris Diagnostics, Gastrointestinal Pathology, Irving, TX 75039, USA

Received 14 January 2010 ,Revised 10 April 2010 ,Accepted 15 April 2010.

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☆ This work was not supported by external funding; the authors are entirely responsible for the conception and execution of the study and for writing the article. None of the authors declares any conflict of interest regarding the contents of this article.

PII: S0046-8177(10)00142-5

doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.04.010

Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 11 , Pages 1593-1600 , November 2010

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