Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer in the Middle East: A new enigma?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 3226-3234

  Hussein, Nawfal R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cagA; dupA; Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; iceA; Middle East; vacA

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; PROTEIN DUPA; PROTEIN ICEA1; PROTEIN ICEA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CANCER INCIDENCE; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 77954560483     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i26.3226     Document Type: Editorial

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