Helicobacter pylori treatment may not 'eradicate' gastric cancer risk

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 450-451

  Zullo, A ^a   Hassan, C ^a   Marignani, M ^a   Lorenzetti, R ^a   Morini, S ^a  

^a NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LANSOPRAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; DUODENUM ULCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; UREA BREATH TEST; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH TUMOR;

HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0142062013     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00214-7     Document Type: Letter

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