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Diversity of Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA genes in Costa Rica: its relationship with atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer.
Helicobacter - 1 Oct 2007
Con Sergio A, Takeuchi Hiroaki, Valerín Ana L, Con-Wong Reinaldo, Con-Chin Gil R, Con-Chin Vicky G, Nishioka Mitsuaki, Mena Fernando, Brenes Fernando, Yasuda Nobufumi, Araki Keijiro, Sugiura Tetsuro
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BACKGROUND: Associations between Helicobacter pylori gene diversity and gastric cancer have not been reported on in Costa Rica, despite its being one of the countries with the highest gastric cancer incidence and mortality rates in the world. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of H. pylori cagA and vacA genes and investigate whether it could be correlated with atrophic gastritis (AG) and...
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