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Spontaneous inflammatory bowel disease in multiple mutant mouse lines: association with colonization by Helicobacter hepaticus.
Helicobacter - 1 Jun 1998
Foltz C J, Fox J G, Cahill R, Murphy J C, Yan L, Shames B, Schauer D B
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BACKGROUND: Both genetic and microbial factors are thought to play a role in the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): however, no causative microbial agent has been clearly defined for humans or animals. Normal flora or previously unrecognized intestinal pathogens may contribute to the development of disease in susceptible hosts. A newly recognized murine Helicobacter, H. hepaticus, causes hepatitis...
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