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Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori infection.
Springer seminars in immunopathology - 1 Sept 2005
Peek Richard M
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori induces chronic gastritis, the strongest known risk factor for peptic ulcer disease and distal gastric cancer, yet only a fraction of colonized individuals ever develop clinical disease. H. pylori isolates possess substantial genotypic diversity, which engenders differential host inflammatory responses that influence pathologic outcome. However, clinical sequelae are not completely dependent...
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