AIM:Tocomparetwotypesofclassificationofintestinalmetaplasia(IM)ofthestomachandtoexploretheirrelationshiptogastriccarcinoma.METHODS:Forty-sevencasesofgastricIMwereclassifiedintotypeortypeaccordingtomucinhistochemicalstainingandcomparedwithanovelclassificationinwhichthespecimenswereclassifiedintosimpleIM(SIM)oratypicalIMaccordingtopolymorphismintermsofatypicalchangesofthemetaplasticepithelium.Forty-sevenIMandthirty-sevengastriccarcinomasa...