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Determination of Helicobacter pylori virulence by analysis of the cag pathogenicity island isolated from Iranian patients.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Sept 2009
Baghaei K, Shokrzadeh L, Jafari F, Dabiri H, Yamaoka Y, Bolfion M, Zojaji H, Aslani M M, Zali M R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The cag pathogenicity island (PAI), which can be divided into two parts, cagI and cagII, is the most well-known virulence factor of Helicobacter pylori. AIMS: We investigated the association between genetic variations within the cag PAI (cagA and cagE in the cagI and cagT in the cagII) and clinical outcomes in Iranian patients. SUBJECTS: A total of 231 patients including 182 patients with gastritis,...
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