Endoscopic Findings of Common Gastritis in Koreans

In 2013, the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society introduced Kyoto classification of gastritis, which is useful to predict Helicobacter pylori infection based exclusively on endoscopic findings. Based gastric mucosal atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, hypertrophic folds, nodularity, and diffuse redness may be associated with cancer H. infection, are common findings in Koreans. Atrophy metaplasia therefore require attention. Hypertrophic can current infection. The scoring system, absence biopsy evaluation clinical settings. A therapeutic strategy for score expected reduce incidence Korea Japan. this study, we investigated commonly observed Koreans among those defined by gastritis.