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Helicobacter pylori genotypes and types of gastritis in first-degree relatives of gastric cancer patients.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Aug 2011
Siavoshi F, Asgharzadeh A, Ghadiri H, Massarrat S, Latifi-Navid S, Zamani M
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of Helicobacter pylori vacA alleles, cagA, and jhp0947 and their association with types and advanced forms of gastritis in 143 first-degree relatives of gastric cancer (GC) patients was assessed. The subjects included 64/143 with antral-predominant gastritis, 68/143 with pangastritis, and 11/143 with corpus-predominant gastritis, with or without atrophy or intestinal metaplasia (IM). Further...
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