What Is Autoimmune Gastritis?


Autoimmune gastritis

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Chinese name
Autoimmune gastritis
English name
autoimmune gastritis
definition
Chronic atrophic gastritis caused by autoimmune mechanisms. Patients produce autoantibodies against different components of the gastric tissue. Such as anti-endogen factor antibody (caused by vitamin B12 malabsorption), anti-gastric wall cell antibody (destroying gastric wall cells that secrete gastric acid), anti-gastrin secreting cells (causing gastrin secretion disorder), etc., cause the corresponding tissue destruction or dysfunction.
Applied discipline
Immunology (level 1 discipline), immunopathology, clinical immunity (level 2 discipline), autoimmune disease (level 3 discipline)
The above content was published by the National Science and Technology Terminology Examination Committee.

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