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Effect of host Lewis and ABO blood group antigen expression on Helicobacter pylori colonisation density and the consequent inflammatory response.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Apr 1998
Heneghan M A, Moran A P, Feeley K M, Egan E L, Goulding J, Connolly C E, McCarthy C F
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The Lewis(b) blood group antigen has been implicated as a putative receptor for Helicobacter pylori in the gastric mucosa. Furthermore, an increased prevalence of duodenal ulcer was found in non-secretors and it has been suggested that secretor status may influence bacterial colonisation density. Other investigators have hypothesised that severity of antral gastritis may be related to colonisation density of the...
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