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Investigation of association between oipA and iceA1/iceA2 genotypes of Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer in Iran.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2014
Aghdam Saeed Mahboubi, Sardari Zeinab, Safaralizadeh Reza, Bonyadi Mortaza, Abdolmohammadi Reza, Moghadam Mostafa Soltani, Khalilnezhad Ahad
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: H pylori is the main causative agent of Gastric cancer and chronic gastritis. Genetic diversity of H. pylori has major contribution in its pathogenesis. We investigated the prevalence of oipA and iceA1/iceA2 positive strains of H. pylori among patients with gastric cancer and gastritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sampling performed by means of endoscopy from 86 patients. DNA was extracted from tissue...
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