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Helicobacter pylori strains and histologically-related lesions affect the outcome of triple eradication therapy: a study from southern Italy.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Feb 2003
Russo F, Berloco P, Cuomo R, Caruso M L, Di Matteo G, Giorgio P, De Francesco V, Di Leo A, Ierardi E
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BACKGROUND: Certain evidence suggests that Helicobacter pylori strains expressing genes for cytotoxin production show a higher sensitivity than non-cytotoxic organisms to eradication treatment. No data are available on the involvement of bacterium-related lesions in different therapeutic outcomes. AIMS: (i) To investigate whether differences in eradication rates may be related to the different expression of...
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