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Background and Aims: While some of the epidemiologic and clinical studies performed in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease reported that Helicobacter pylori infection may have a protective role against reflux disease, other similarly designed studies were unable to show this relationship. We planned to investigate the effects of Helicobacter pylori- associated corpus gastritis on the clinical and endoscopic findings and pH-monitoring parameters in patients with gastroesophageal reflux. Materials and Methods: After the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease, the clinical and epidemiologic data of 40 patients were recorded. The frequency and severity of heartburn and regurgitation were graded from 0 to 3. Biopsies were taken from antrum, corpus and distal part of the esophagus. Finally, patients underwent 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring. Results: Ten patients out of 40 were excluded from the study. The diagnosis of corpus gastritis and Helicobacter pylori infection was found in 19 patients, whereas antral gastritis and Helicobacter pylori infection was determined in 22 of the remaining 30 patients. No statistical significance was found between corpus gastritis-positive and -negative groups with regard to age, body mass index, total pH meter score, fraction time pH

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