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What new or emerging therapies for autoimmune gastritis are available beyond iron and vitamin B12 replacement?

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Gastroenterology · Washington University School Of Medicine Gastroenterology

Though we recognize autoimmune gastritis (AIG) as an autoimmune disease that targets antigens expressed on parietal cells of the stomach, there are currently no effective treatments to reduce gastric inflammation and to prevent parietal cell loss. Back in the 1960s, small studies looked at the role ...

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