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Helicobacter pylori genotyping in gastric adenocarcinoma and MALT lymphoma by multiplex PCR analyses of paraffin wax embedded tissues.
Molecular pathology : MP - 1 Feb 2003
Koehler C I, Mues M B, Dienes H P, Kriegsmann J, Schirmacher P, Odenthal M
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BACKGROUND: Gastric infection with Helicobacter pylori is the major cause of chronic active gastritis and is associated with the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer and gastric carcinoma. Gastric mucosal damage involves both host and H pylori dependent factors, such as the presence of the cag pathogenicity island and allelic variations of the vacA and iceA genes. AIMS: To evaluate the association of these virulence...
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