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The Helicobacter pylori restriction endonuclease-replacing gene, hrgA, and clinical outcome: comparison of East Asia and Western countries.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Sept 2004
Lu Hong, Graham David Y, Yamaoka Yoshio
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested that the putative Helicobacter pylori virulence factor hrgA is the first disease-specific marker for an H. pylori-related disease, (i.e., development of gastric cancer in East Asia). Our aim was to test the hypothesis that the presence of hrgA has disease specificity. We examined 458 H. pylori isolates including 289 from East Asia and 169 from Western countries whose cagA and vacA genotypes...
Topics
- Age Distribution
- DNA Restriction Enzymes
- DNA, Bacterial
- Asia, Eastern
- Female
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
