Article
Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin genotypes and preneoplastic lesions or gastric cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Apr 2016
Abdi Esmat, Latifi-Navid Saeid, Latifi-Navid Hamid, Safarnejad Bahareh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Disease progression to gastric cancer (GC) occurs in only a small proportion of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infected patients. The bacterium vacuolating cytotoxin A (vacA) gene polymorphisms may determine the clinical consequences. We examined the strength of this association in adult-infected populations and modeled the impact of mean age-standardized incidence rates (ASRs) of GC as a...
Topics
- Alleles
- Bacterial Proteins
- Gastritis, Atrophic
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Incidence
- Intestines
- Metaplasia
- Regression Analysis
