The Role of Endoscopic Findings for the Diagnosis of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Infection: Evaluation in a Country with High Prevalence of Atrophic Gastritis

Abstract

The accurate endoscopic assessment of gastritis according to the Sydney system along with gastric fold findings and the endoscopically identified extent of gastric atrophy are valuable indicators for determining H. pylori infection and histologic gastritis in the Japanese population.