| inability to noninvasively diagnose gastric intestinal metaplasia in hispanics or reverse the lesion with helicobacter pylori eradication. | helicobacter pylori infection has been linked with the development of gastric adenocarcinoma and its precursor lesion, intestinal metaplasia (im). the presence of gastric im is not associated with symptoms, which makes identification of individuals with this lesion difficult. it is not clear whether eradication of h. pylori infection leads to reversal of gastric im or the potential decrease in the risk of cancer in these patients. | 2001 | 11319310 |