Cooperative genotyping for Helicobacter pylori virulence determinants strengthens the predictive value of gastric cancer risk assessment

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 662-663

  Douraghi, Masoumeh ^a,b   Talebkhan, Yeganeh ^a   Zeraati, Hojjat ^b   Mohammadi, Marjan ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 77955272048     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.01.010     Document Type: Letter

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