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Association of polymorphisms in myeloperoxidase and catalase genes with precancerous changes in the gastric mucosa of patients at inner-city hospitals in New York.
Oncology reports - 1 Jul 2007
Steenport M, Eom H, Uezu M, Schneller J, Gupta R, Mustafa Y, Villanueva R, Straus E W, Raffaniello R D
Abstract excerpt
Gastric carcinogenesis is a multistep process progressing from chronic gastritis, through glandular atrophy (GA), intestinal metaplasia (IM) and dysplasia. We have previously demonstrated that minority patients at New York City hospitals are infected with a relatively virulent strain of H. pylori (Hp) and that Hp infection is associated with an increased incidence of precancerous changes in the gastric mucosa....
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