Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Gastric Autoimmunity: Coincidence or Cause-effect Relationship?

Infection and Autoimmunity, 2nd edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 345-362

  Prete, Gianfranco Del ^a   Bergman, Mathijs P ^b   Amedei, Amedeo ^a   D'Elios, Mario M ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M ^b   Appelmelk, Ben J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451271-0.50028-4     Document Type: Chapter

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