Dangerous Liaison: Helicobacter pylori, Ganglionitis, and Myenteric Gastric Neurons: A Histopathological Study

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Representative photomicrographs showing different types of inflammatory cells around and within the myenteric plexus in H. pylori-infected patients: lymphocytes (a, H&E stain, 400x); lymphocytes and eosinophils (arrows) (b, H&E stain, 400x); T lymphocytes (c, CD3 stain, 400x); B lymphocytes (d, CD20 stain, 400x). In contrast, no inflammatory cell was noted around myenteric ganglia in control patients (e, H&E stain, 400x).

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