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Prevalence of the Helicobacter pylori babA2 gene and correlation with the degree of gastritis in infected Slovenian children.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - 1 Oct 2014
Homan Matjaž, Šterbenc Anja, Kocjan Boštjan J, Luzar Boštjan, Zidar Nina, Orel Rok, Poljak Mario
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The aims of our study were to determine the prevalence of the babA2 gene within Helicobacter pylori strains circulating in the Slovenian pediatric population, to further clarify its significance in causing inflammation of gastric mucosa in children and to verify whether cagA, vacA, iceA and babA genes work independently or synergistically in causing gastritis. A total of 163 H. pylori isolates obtained from the...
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