Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Antiphospholipid Antibodies Syndrome: A Case Report and Meta-Analysis of the World Literature

infection also concurs to the development of gastric mucosa atrophy, intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer, such as adenocarcinoma and gastric MALT lymphoma [1-3]. Recent studies have shown that the infection can be related to many extra gastric conditions, such as ischemic heart disease, stroke, neurologic (Alzheimer and Parkinson), endocrine (diabetes mellitus, autoimmune thyroiditis), hematologic (iron deficiency anemia, immune thrombocytopenic purpura), dermatologic (chronic urticaria, acnes rosacea) diseases and infertility [4,5]. The pathogenicity of