Evaluation of Helicobacter pylori vacA genotype in Japanese patients with gastric cancer.

doi:10.1136/jcp.51.4.299

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Evaluation of Helicobacter pylori vacA genotype in Japanese patients with gastric cancer.

Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Apr 1998

Shimoyama T, Yoshimura T, Mikami T, Fukuda S, Crabtree J E, Munakata A

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AIM: To examine the vacA genotypes of Helicobacter pylori strains in Japan and to define whether any specific genotype was associated with gastric cancer. METHODS: The allelic variation of vacA gene was studied using a recently introduced polymerase chain reaction based vacA genotyping system. RE...

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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial Toxins
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Cytotoxins
Female
Genotype
Helicobacter pylori
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prognosis
Stomach Neoplasms

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