Epidemiologic findings on serologically defined chronic atrophic gastritis strongly depend on the choice of the cutoff-value

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2782-2786

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Weck, Melanie N ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic atrophic gastritis; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Pepsinogen

Indexed keywords

PEPSINOGEN I; PEPSINOGEN II;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PEPSINOGEN A; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36248943010     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22992     Document Type: Article

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