The Indian enigma of frequent H. pylori infection but infrequent gastric cancer: Is the magic key in indian diet, host's genetic make up, or friendly bug? [13]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2113-2114

  Ghoshal, Uday C ^a   Tripathi, Shweta ^a   Ghoshal, Ujjala ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CARCINOGENESIS; CAUCASIAN; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; EATING HABIT; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH LYMPHOMA;

CHINA; DIET; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INDIA; JAPAN; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548136540     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01324_13.x     Document Type: Letter

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