Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with portal hypertensive gastropathy owing to liver cirrhosis in Upper Egypt

• Main Authors: Khaled Abd-Alazeim Eid (Author), Muhammad Abd El-Gawad Shawky (Author), Amro Metwaly Hassan (Author), Ahmed Qasem Mohammed (Author), Mostafa Ismail Mohammed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia in patients with liver cirrhosis are common problems caused by various etiologies such as bleeding esophageal and gastric varices, bleeding peptic ulcer whether Helicobacter pylori or non-H. pylori related, portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG), and ot...