Pathogenesis and virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Suerbaum, Sebastian ^a   Hur, Chin ^b   Josenhans, Christine ^a,c   Michetti, Pierre ^b,d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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