• Enterogastric reflux after various types of antiulcer gastric surgery: Quantitation by 99mTc-HIDA scintigraphy 

      Xynos, E.; Vassilakis, J. S.; Fountos, A.; Pechlivanides, G.; Karkavitsas, N. (1991)
      In 28 controls and 142 patients subjected to a variety of antiulcer procedures, the enterogastric reflux (EGR) was quantitated by 99mTc-HIDA scintigraphy and expressed as the EGR index on 229 different occasions. The EGR ...
    • Helicobacter pylori and autoimmune disease: Cause or bystander 

      Smyk, D. S.; Koutsoumpas, A. L.; Mytilinaiou, M. G.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Sakkas, L. I.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2014)
      Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the main cause of chronic gastritis and a major risk factor for gastric cancer. This pathogen has also been considered a potential trigger of gastric autoimmunity, and in particular of ...
    • Helicobacter pylori infection as a potential risk factor for multiple sclerosis 

      Kountouras J., Papaefthymiou A., Gavalas E., Polyzos S.A., Boziki M., Kyriakou P., Katsinelos P., Zavos C., Liatsos C., Tzivras D., Tzitiridou-Chatzopoulou M., Dardiotis E., Deretzi G., Vardaka E., Doulberis M. (2020)
      Helicobacter pylori infection (Hp-I) has been associated with a wide spectrum of gastrointestinal and extra-digestive manifestations, including neurodegenerative diseases. Contradictory data have been published on Hp-I and ...