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Helicobacter pylori vacA i region polymorphism but not babA2 status associated to gastric cancer risk in northwestern Iran.
Clinical and experimental medicine - 1 Feb 2016
Mottaghi Batool, Safaralizadeh Reza, Bonyadi Morteza, Latifi-Navid Saeid, Somi Mohammad Hossein
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori-specific genotypes have been strongly associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer (GC). The aim of the present work was to study the associations of H. pylori virulence factors, vacA i region polymorphisms and babA2 status with GC risk in Azerbaijan patients. The DNA extracted from gastric biopsy specimens was used to access the babA2 and vacA genotypes. Overall, babA2 was present in...
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