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Patients younger than 40 years with gastric carcinoma: Helicobacter pylori genotype and associated gastritis phenotype.
Cancer - 15 Jun 1999
Rugge M, Busatto G, Cassaro M, Shiao Y H, Russo V, Leandro G, Avellini C, Fabiano A, Sidoni A, Covacci A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In the general population, Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), particularly the cagA positive strain, has been associated with intestinal-type gastric carcinoma. Gastric carcinomas are rarely observed in patients age < or = 40 years. Host-related factors have been thought to be more important than environmental agents in these early-onset cancers. The aim of this study was to ascertain the possible role...
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