The Usefulness of the Regular Arrangement of Collecting Venules Pattern for the Determination ofHelicobacter pyloriInfection | Zendy

Sun-Young Na | Zendy; JunWon Chung | Zendy; Hyun Joo Park | Zendy; Yoon Jae Kim | Zendy; Kwang An Kwon | Zendy; Ki Baik Hahm | Zendy; Duck Joo Choi | Zendy; Seok Hoo Jeong | Zendy; Minsu Ha | Zendy; Geum-Ha Kim | Zendy

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The Usefulness of the Regular Arrangement of Collecting Venules Pattern for the Determination ofHelicobacter pyloriInfection

Author(s) -

Sun-Young Na,

JunWon Chung,

Hyun Joo Park,

Yoon Jae Kim,

Kwang An Kwon,

Ki Baik Hahm,

Duck Joo Choi,

Seok Hoo Jeong,

Minsu Ha,

Geum-Ha Kim

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

korean journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.203

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2233-6869

pISSN - 1598-9992

DOI - 10.4166/kjg.2011.58.5.252

Subject(s) - curvatures of the stomach , medicine , rapid urease test , helicobacter pylori , gastroenterology , gastritis , stomach , gold standard (test) , endoscopy , antrum , predictive value , pathology

In the Helicobacter pylori (H. Pylori)-negative normal stomach, collecting venules are visible over all the gastric body as numerous minute points evaluated with standard endoscopy. This finding was termed regular arrangement of collecting venules (RAC), and its absence suggests H. pylori gastritis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the RAC and rapid urease test.

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