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Association of gastroduodenal disease phenotype with ABO blood group and Helicobacter pylori virulence-specific serotypes.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Nov 2006
Sharara A I, Abdul-Baki H, ElHajj I, Kreidieh N, Kfoury Baz E M
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AIMS: To investigate the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Lebanon and the association between virulence factors (cytotoxin-associated gene A and vacuolating cytotoxin gene A), ABO blood groups, and disease phenotype. METHODS: One hundred and thirty symptomatic patients with H. pylori-associated endoscopic findings and 104 healthy male donors (age range 18-55) were evaluated. Both, patients and...
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