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We thank Lenti et al for their interest in our article and their stimulating comments, grounded in their well-recognised experience with gastric autoimmunity.1 2
The main aim of our study was to assess the neoplastic risk in a cohort of autoimmune gastritis (AIG) patients in whom we excluded previous or current Helicobacter pylori infection.3
In a recent retrospective clinico-pathological report, Miceli et al studied a cohort of 270 AIG.4 A 19-year follow-up in these patients did not document any incidental gastric cancer (GC). Even after accounting for the different median follow-up times and inclusion criteria, these findings are remarkably similar to those of our long-term follow-up study (median follow-up time: 7 years, equivalent to 10 541 person-years).3 Moreover, Miceli et al document an increased neuroendocrine …
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Contributors All the authors were involved in the conceptualisation and editing of the text.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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