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Association between TNF-alpha promoter polymorphism and Helicobacter pylori cagA subtype infection.
Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Sept 2001
Yea S S, Yang Y I, Jang W H, Lee Y J, Bae H S, Paik K H
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To assess the importance of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) promoter polymorphism in relation to infection with the cytotoxin associated gene A (cagA) subtype of Helicobacter pylori within a dyspeptic Korean population. METHODS: Eighty three patients with gastric disease and 113 healthy controls were studied. The DNA from gastric biopsy specimens was analysed by H pylori specific and cagA specific...
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