Seroprevalence of anti-Helicobacter pylori and anti-CagA antibodies in peptic ulcer and healthy subjects in the city of Rafsanjan

BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is thought to play an etiologic role in several gastroduodenal diseases including gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, gastric MALT lymphoma, and distal gastric cancer. Several studies have suggested that H. pylori which express cytotoxin-associated ge...

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Main Authors: Abdollah Jafarzadeh, Mehdi Salari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2006-12-01
Series:Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Online Access:http://journals.mui.ac.ir/jrms/article/view/509