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Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on ongoing mutation of immunoglobulin genes in gastric MALT lymphoma.
British journal of cancer - 31 Jan 2005
Fujimori K, Shimodaira S, Akamatsu T, Furihata K, Katsuyama T, Hosaka S
Abstract excerpt
Gastric low-grade mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (low-grade MALT) lymphomas has been associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. Although infiltrating T cells with specificity for H. pylori are known to stimulate the development of MALT lymphomas, the effect of H. pylori eradication on rearranged immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) genes of low-grade gastric MALT lymphomas is unclear. Gastric...
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