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Prognostic significance of genotyping Helicobacter pylori infection in patients in younger age groups with gastric cancer.
Postgraduate medical journal - 1 Apr 2008
Tiwari S K, Manoj G, Kumar G Vasanth, Sivaram G, Hassan S I, Prabhakar B, Devi U, Jalaluddin S, Kumar K, Ahmed S, Abid Z, Habeeb M A, Khan A A, Habibullah C M
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BACKGROUND: Malignant tumours of the stomach are common, but the incidence of stomach cancer varies from country to country, probably a result of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors. Stomach cancer often occurs in older people whose stomachs produce only small quantities of acid. Although infection with Helicobacter pylori has been proven beyond doubt in the aetiopathogenesis of various gastric...
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