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

Figure 4

Representative photomicrographs illustrating signs of myenteric neuronal degeneration in H. pylori-positive patients: condensed cytoplasm and pyknotic nuclei (a, H&E stain, 400x) and vacuolated cytoplasm (b and c, H&E stain, 400x). Normal neurons are shown by arrowheads (c).

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