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Seroprevalence of anti-Helicobacter pylori and anti-CagA antibodies among healthy children according to age, sex, ABO blood groups and Rh status in south-east of Iran.
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2007
Jafarzadeh Abdollah, Ahmedi-Kahanali Jafar, Bahrami Mehdi, Taghipour Zahra
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of anti-H. pylori and anti-CagA antibodies in healthy children and to investigate those relation with age, sex, ABO blood groups and Rh status. METHODS: Serum samples from 386 children (187 males; 199 females), aged 1-15 years were tested for the presence of antibody to H. pylori and its virulence factor (CagA) by use of ELISA. ABO blood grouping...
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