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Evaluation of the association of nine Helicobacter pylori virulence factors with strains involved in low-grade gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 2004
Lehours Philippe, Ménard Armelle, Dupouy Sandrine, Bergey Bernard, Richy Fréderique, Zerbib Frank, Ruskoné-Fourmestraux Agnès, Delchier Jean Charles, Mégraud Francis
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori has been associated with the development of two malignant diseases: gastric adenocarcinoma and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. Although the cag pathogenicity island, especially the cagA gene, has been linked with adenocarcinoma, few data concerning H. pylori pathogenic factors involved in low-grade gastric MALT lymphoma are available. The goal of this study was to...
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