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Prevalence of H. pylori infection and atrophic gastritis among symptomatic and dyspeptic adults in Kazakhstan. A hospital-based screening study using a panel of serum biomarkers.
Anticancer research - 1 Oct 2013
Benberin Valery, Bektayeva Roza, Karabayeva Raushan, Lebedev Aleksandr, Akemeyeva Kenzhekhan, Paloheimo Lea, Syrjänen Kari
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BACKGROUND: Health authorities of Kazakhstan are seeking for effective measures to interrupt the untoward trend, projected to increase the current number of gastric cancer (GC) cases (n=3,316) by 50% until the year 2030. OBJECTIVE: Use of a non-invasive blood test with four stomach-specific biomarkers [Pepsinogen-I (PG-I) and -II (PG-II), amidated gastrin-17 (G-17), and Helicobacter pylori (HP) IgG antibodies],...
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