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Ascorbic acid and intestinal metaplasia in the stomach: a prospective, randomized study.
Oct 2000
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Abstract
Intestinal type metaplasia plays a role in intestinal type gastric carcinoma development. Ascorbic acid demonstrates a protective effect against gastric carcinogenesis, due to its ability to inactivate oxygen free-radicals as well as its nitrite-scavenging effects.