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Comment
. 2024 Jan 5;73(2):379.
doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-329323.

Conclusion that autoimmune gastritis does not predispose to gastric cancer is unproven

Helge Lyder Waldum  1
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Conclusion that autoimmune gastritis does not predispose to gastric cancer is unproven

Helge Lyder Waldum. Gut. .
No abstract available

Keywords: AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The author presently payed expert in a trial on the role of proton pump inhibitors in gastric cancer.

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