Upper Gastrointestinal Histopathological Findings in Children and Adolescents With Nonulcer Dyspepsia With <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Infection

Abstract

The prevalence of H pylori infection was high among children with dyspepsia and associated with moderate/severe degrees of gastric inflammation. The high scores of esophagitis in the noninfected group point to 2 distinct groups of pathological conditions sharing similar clinical patterns.