Evidence that loss of sonic hedgehog is an indicator of Helicobater pylori-induced atrophic gastritis progressing to gastric cancer

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 581-587

  Shiotani, Akiko ^a   Iishi, Hiroyasu ^a   Uedo, Noriya ^a   Ishiguro, Shingo ^a   Tatsuta, Masaharu ^a   Nakae, Yukinori ^a   Kumamoto, Mitsutaka ^a   Merchant, Juanita L ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; ALCOHOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IRON; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHH GENE; SMOKING; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ATROPHY; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGUS; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPLASIA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PYLORIC ANTRUM; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 16844362860     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41001.x     Document Type: Article

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