Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	4925
Country	Japan

Received	2013-08-02 07:53
Peer-Review Started	2013-08-03 23:06
To Make the First Decision	2013-09-02 15:59
Return for Revision	2013-09-05 14:22
Revised	2013-09-27 19:58
Second Decision	2013-11-04 18:07
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-11-05 10:35
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	Clinical significance of white gastric crypt openings observed via magnifying endoscopy
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Masashi Kawamura, Hitoshi Sekine, Shu Abe, Daisuke Shibuya, Katsuaki Kato and Takayuki Masuda
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Corresponding Author	Masashi Kawamura, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Hospital, Shimizukoji, Sendai, Miyagi 984-8501, Japan. dq8m-kwmr@asahi-net.or.jp
Key Words	Magnifying endoscopy; Helicobacter pylori; Gastritis; Gastric cancer; Inflammation
Core Tip	Recent studies have reported that advances in magnifying endoscopy (ME) have led to better correlations between histopathological findings and the ME features of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-induced gastritis. However, the ME findings regarding H. pylori-induced severe inflammation are insufficient. Therefore, we evaluated the relationship between H. pylori-induced gastritis and the whiteness of gastric mucosal crypt openings (COs) in the gastric corpus using ME. Our results showed that mononuclear cell and neutrophil infiltration differed significantly among the CO subtypes. CO whiteness detected via ME was associated with histological evidence of gastritis and helps to predict the severity of inflammation or activity induced by H. pylori in the gastric corpus.
Publish Date	2014-01-14 20:11
Citation	Kawamura M, Sekine H, Abe S, Shibuya D, Kato K, Masuda T. Clinical significance of white gastric crypt openings observed via magnifying endoscopy. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(48): 9392-9398
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i48/9392.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i48.9392

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