Clinical Articles
Copyright ©The Author(s) 1996.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 25, 1996; 2(1): 44-50
Published online Mar 25, 1996. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v2.i1.44
Table 1 Comparison of pathologic changes in non-focal gastric mucosa between the different spleen deficiency types(n, %)
Pathologic changes in non-focal gastric mucosaDeficiency of spleen energy (n= 31)
Spleen deficiency with energy stagnation (n= 36)
Gastric antrum cases (%)Body of stomach casesGastric antrum casesBody of stomach cases
Focal chronic superficial inflammatory lesion31 (100.0)31 (100.0)36 (100.0)36 (100.0)
Focal chronic atrophic inflammatory lesion19 (61.3)12 (38.7)32 (88.9)29 (80.6)
Focal intestinal metaplasia12 (38.8)13 (41.9)25 (69.4)30 (83.3)
Micro-ulcer18 (58.1)9 (29.0)17 (47.2)28 (77.8)