Maya Balakrishnan

Prevalence of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia Among Patients with Active Helicobacter Pylori Infection Served by a Safety-Net Healthcare System

Gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) is a precursor of gastric cancer. Prior estimates of GIM prevalence in retrospective studies of U.S. populations may not be representative of true prevalence because gastric biopsies are not routinely performed for screening in the general popu...