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Genotyping of Helicobacter pylori strains in formalin-fixed or Formaldehyde-sublimate-fixed paraffin-embedded gastric biopsy specimens.
Diagnostic molecular pathology : the American journal of surgical pathology, part B - 1 Sept 2001
Scholte G H, van Doorn L J, Quint W G, Linderman J
Abstract excerpt
Different genotypes of Helicobacter pylori can play a role in the development of atrophic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric carcinomas. In this study the authors developed polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection and identification of vacA (s- and m-regions), cagA, and iceA genotypes of H. pylori in formalin-fixed or formaldehyde-sublimate-fixed paraffin-embedded gastric biopsy specimens....
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