• BRIEF REPORTS • Lack of specific association between gastric autoimmunity hallmarks and clinical presentations of atrophic body gastritis

AIM: To investigate the possible relationships between gastric autoimmune phenomena and clinical presentations of this disorder, in consecutive atrophic body gastritis patients. METHODS: A total of 140 atrophic body gastritis patients, diagnosed as consecutive outpatients presenting with macrocytic or iron deficiency anemia, or longstanding dyspepsia underwent gastroscopy with antral and body biopsies, assay of intrinsic factor, parietal cells and Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) antibodies. Gastritis was assessed according to Sydney System. RESULTS: Parietal cell antibodies were equally distributed in all clinical presentations, whereas the positivity o