title: [Helicobacter pylori infection and gastrointestinal lymphomas].
abstract: Primary gastric lymphoma of the MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) is nowadays considered a distinct entity with specific morphological, biological and clinical characteristics. In the pathogenesis of gastric MALT lymphoma, Helicobacter pylori infection plays an important conditioning role, In the case of low grade gastric lymphoma of stage E I, eradication of Helicobacter pylori offers a promising therapeutic option.
authors.affiliation: II. Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Aschaffenburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fischbach
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Helicobacter-pylori-Infektion und gastrointestinales Lymphom.