title: Helicobacter pylori and functional dyspepsia: review of previous studies and commentary on new data.
abstract: Many studies have attempted to prove a link between Helicobacter pylori infection and functional dyspepsia but the results have been conflicting. Several mechanisms have been postulated for how H pylori associated inflammation disturbs antral and duodenal function but no pathophysiological explanation of how H pylori may cause dyspeptic symptoms is presently available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Policlinico S Orsola, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy. bazzoli@alma.unibo.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bazzoli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Luca
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pozzato
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Zagari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fossi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ricciardiello
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nicolini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berretti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roda
mesh_terms: D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000382:microbiology*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence