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Role of Helicobacter pylori in common rosacea subtypes: a genotypic comparative study of Egyptian patients.
The Journal of dermatology - 1 Dec 2012
El-Khalawany Mohamed, Mahmoud Ali, Mosbeh Al-Sadat, A B D Alsalam Fatma, Ghonaim Noha, Abou-Bakr Amany
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori was incriminated as an etiological factor of rosacea. However, there is still controversy about this association. We conducted a comparative study in order to assess the role of H. pylori in rosacea patients who had dyspeptic symptoms. The study included 68 patients and 54 controls. Screening for H. pylori was performed and positive cases were referred for gastric endoscopy. The inflammatory...
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