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Helicobacter pylori genotypes may determine gastric histopathology.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Feb 2001
Nogueira C, Figueiredo C, Carneiro F, Gomes A T, Barreira R, Figueira P, Salgado C, Belo L, Peixoto A, Bravo J C, Bravo L E, Realpe J L, Plaisier A P, Quint W G, Ruiz B, Correa P, van Doorn L J
Abstract excerpt
The outcome of Helicobacter pylori infection has been associated with specific virulence-associated bacterial genotypes. The present study aimed to investigate the gastric histopathology in Portuguese and Colombian patients infected with H. pylori and to assess its relationship with bacterial virulence-associated vacA, cagA, and iceA genotypes. A total of 370 patients from Portugal (n = 192) and Colombia (n =...
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