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Helicobacter pylori cagA and iceA genotypes status and risk of peptic ulcer in Saudi patients.
Saudi medical journal - 1 Mar 2007
Momenah Aiman M, Tayeb Mohammed T
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of cagA+ and iceA genotypes among Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) isolates from a group of Saudi patients with gastric complaints, and to find out any significant correlation between these strains and severe gastric clinical outcomes such as peptic ulcer and gastric cancer in Saudi population. METHODS: A total of 1104 gastric biopsies from 368 patients who presented with...
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