Abstract The Sydney System for the classification of gastritis emphasized the importance of
combining topographical, morphological, and etiological information into a schema that
would help to generate reproducible and clinically useful diagnoses. To reappraise the
Sydney System 4 years after its introduction, a group of gastrointestinal pathologists from
various parts of the world met in Houston, Texas, in September 1994. The aims of the
workshop were (a) to establish an agreed terminology of gastritis;(b) to identify, define, and …