Helicobacter Pylori and Gastroduodenal Disease

Since the appearance of the first edition of this work (Campylobacter Pylori and Gastroduodenal Disease, 1989) the pathogen in operation has changed its name and taken its place in the Sydney System of Classification of Gastritis. This new edition has been significantly revised and up-dated, chapter by chapter, and represents a concise clinical consolidation of the rapid progress of the pathology of ulcers and their treatment. There are new chapters on epidemiology, colonisation and alteration in gastric physiology and the biochemical and pharmacological basis for treatment. The significance of helicobacter pylori is debated in a controversial final chapter