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Lewis antigen expression and other pathogenic factors in the presence of atrophic chronic gastritis in a European population.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Feb 2002
Broutet Nathalie, Moran Anthony, Hynes Sean, Sakarovitch Charlotte, Mégraud Francis
Abstract excerpt
To study the relationship between Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA status and the expression of Lewis (Le) antigens and between these characteristics and atrophic chronic gastritis (ACG), H. pylori infection was assessed by culture and by histologic and serologic tests, cagA and vacA were assessed by a polymerase chain reaction--based reverse hybridization assay, and bacterial Le expression was assessed by...
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