Insights Into Pediatric Autoimmune Gastritis: Is There a Role for: Helicobacter pylori: Infection?

Conclusions: Our findings highlight that AIG may have an age-dependent presentation; thus, we can consider a pediatric phenotype that in contrast to adults, is manifested by refractory iron-deficient anemia and associated with parietal cell autoantibody positivity, but not intrinsic factor autoantibodies. A correlation between H pylori and AIG was not evident in the current study and it is still unclear whether H pylori is a trigger for AIG.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Original Articles: Gastroenterology Source Type: research