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1 Springer Indian J Gastroenterol 2009(May–June):28(3):115–119 We did not find a difference between E-cadherin expression of complete and incomplete IM of stomach. However, we did not subtype intestinal metaplasia, which is one of the shortcomings in this study. We did not find a difference in the pattern of staining or percent of Ki-67 immunoreactive cells in the surface epithelium between the two groups. These results indicate an unexpectedly high proliferative activity of GIM. Further studies are needed to confirm the clinical significance of this high proliferative index and E-cadherin loss in follow up and treatment of patients with GIM.