loading...| Preferred Name |
Atrophic gastritis |
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| Synonyms |
Chronic atrophic gastritis |
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| Definitions |
Atrophic gastritis (AG) is a histopathological entity that is characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastric mucosa with loss of gastric glandular cells and replacement by intestinal-type epithelium, pyloric-type glands, and fibrous tissue. Atrophy of the gastric mucosa is the endpoint of chronic processes, such as chronic gastritis associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, other unidentified environmental factors, and autoimmunity directed against gastric glandular cells. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002582 |
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| comment |
Atrophy of the gastric mucosa is the endpoint of chronic processes, such as chronic gastritis associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, other unidentified environmental factors, and autoimmunity directed against gastric glandular cells. |
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| database_cross_reference |
SNOMEDCT_US:84568007 MSH:D005757 UMLS:C0017154 |
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| definition |
Atrophic gastritis (AG) is a histopathological entity that is characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastric mucosa with loss of gastric glandular cells and replacement by intestinal-type epithelium, pyloric-type glands, and fibrous tissue. |
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| has exact synonym |
Chronic atrophic gastritis |
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HP:0002582 |
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| label |
Atrophic gastritis |
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| notation |
HP:0002582 |
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| prefLabel |
Atrophic gastritis |
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