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Relation between clinical presentation, Helicobacter pylori density, interleukin 1beta and 8 production, and cagA status.
Gut - 1 Dec 1999
Yamaoka Y, Kodama T, Kita M, Imanishi J, Kashima K, Graham D Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It is not known whether cagA+ Helicobacter pylori in duodenal ulcer (DU) have enhanced virulence compared with non-DU cagA+ H pylori. AIMS: To investigate the relation between presentation, H pylori density, interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) and IL-8 production, and cagA status. METHODS: Fifty DU and 50 gastritis patients with cagA+ H pylori and 11 with cagA- infections were studied. Bacterial density and...
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