Long-Term Course and Consequences of<i>Helicobacter pylori</i>gastritis Results of a 32-Year Follow-up Study

Abstract

New H. pylori infection and complete healing of infected mucosa may occur in adult life, but this is rare. Duodenal ulcer disease is associated with persistent H. pylori infection and absence of corpus atrophy. The appearance of parietal cell antibodies leads to progression of corpus atrophy and disappearance of H. pylori.