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Helicobacter pylori: comparison of DNA fingerprints provides evidence for intrafamilial infection.
1 Oct 1993
Abstract excerpt
Although a high prevalence of antibodies to Helicobacter pylori has been documented within families, culture and DNA typing of strains from infected children and their parents has not been evaluated. This study aimed to analyse H pylori infection within family groups. Endoscopy, gastric biopsy, and H pylori culture were performed on all eight parents of four children who presented with dyspepsia and who had a...
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