Association between Gastric Cancer Risk and Serum Helicobacter pylori Antibody Titers

Background/Aims. It is difficult to confirm the accurate cutoff value to diagnose Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection using commercial serology kits. It is reported that there were many cases with present/past infection that even the serum Hp-IgG antibody (HpAb) titers were below the cutoff value (e....

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Main Authors: Mitsutaka Shuto, Toshio Fujioka, Osamu Matsunari, Kazuhisa Okamoto, Kazuhiro Mizukami, Tadayoshi Okimoto, Masaaki Kodama, Shigeru Takigami, Chuichi Seguchi, Yoshihito Nonaka, Ryugo Sato, Yoshio Yamaoka, Kazunari Murakami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1286198