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Helicobacter pylori infection and cytokine gene polymorphisms in Uzbeks.
Nagoya journal of medical science - 1 Aug 2010
Abdiev Shavkat, Ahn Kyn Sou, Khadjibaev Abdukhakim, Malikov Yusuf, Bahramov Saidkarim, Rakhimov Bakhodir, Sakamoto Junichi, Kodera Yasuhiro, Nakao Akimasa, Hamajima Nobuyuki
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have reported that Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) persistent infection and gastric atrophy development were associated with genetic polymorphisms of cytokines. This study aimed to determine possible associations of host genotypes with the seropositivity of anti-H. pylori IgG and anti-CagA IgG, as well as gastric atrophy measured with serum pepsinogens (PG) among an Uzbek population. Subjects were...
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