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Helicobacter pylori: correlation of the virulence marker iceA allele with clinical outcome in a high prevalence area.
British journal of biomedical science - 1 Jan 2015
Yakoob J, Abbas Z, Khan R, Salim S A, Abrar A, Awan S, Ahmad Z
Abstract excerpt
The association of Helicobacter pylori virulence marker 'induced by contact with epithelium A' (iceA) allele types was determined in H. pylori-related diseases and virulence markers. Gastric biopsies were obtained at EGD from patients for culture, histopathology and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for iceA types, cagA and vacA alleles. Two hundred and eighty-four H. pylori isolates were examined. iceA type 1 was...
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