Does Helicobacter pylori infection per se cause gastric cancer or duodenal ulcer? Inadequate evidence in Mongolian gerbils and inbred mice

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-189

  Chen, Duan ^a,c   Stenström, Björn ^a   Zhao, Chun Mei ^a   Wadström, Torkel ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Duodenal ulcer; Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Mice; Mongolian gerbils

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUODENUM ULCER; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GERBIL; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DUODENAL ULCER; GERBILLINAE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MICE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250347652     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00249.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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