Immunogenetic characteristics of patients with autoimmune gastritis.

Aim: To explore whether predisposition to autoimmune gastritis (AIG) is found in human leukocyte antigen (HLA), cytokine or killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gene variations.

Methods: Twelve Finnish patients with autoimmune-type severe atrophy of the gastric corpus were included. The patients' serum was analyzed for pepsinogen I and Helicobacter pylori (H.

Association of autoimmune type atrophic corpus gastritis with Helicobacter pylori infection.

Aim: To study the association between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and autoimmune type atrophic gastritis.

Methods: Twenty-three patients with different grades of atrophic gastritis were analysed using enzyme immunoassay-based serology, immunoblot-based serology, and histology to reveal a past or a present H.