[Chronic gastritis in children with concomitant diseases of the thyroid gland].

We examined: 1 group--16 children with chronic gastritis (CG) and autoimmune thyroiditis (AT); 2 group--41 children with functional thyroidal pathologies; 3 group--23 children with CG only. The average age in all groups was 11.17 +/- 2.98. HP (68%) was revealed equally frequently in all the groups. Antibodies to H+/K(+)-ATPase of parietal cells were revealed in the first and second groups only (31-36%), p < 0.05 as compared to the third group. CG of the stomach body was more frequently revealed in the first group using endoscopic and histological tests. The second group had more frequent and more apparent lesions of the antral part. Thus, in case of concomitant diseases of the thyroid gland CG has an autoimmune nature of an inflammation of the mucous coat of the stomach.