Comparison of histological and molecular diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori in benign lesions and gastric adenocarcinoma Comparação dos diagnósticos histológico e molecular do Helicobacter pylori em lesões benignas e adenocarcinomas gástricos

Helicobacter pylori colonization is associated with chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, intestinal metaplasia, adenocarcinoma and lymphoma of the stomach. The objective of this study was to compare the results of the routinely used histology with molecular diagnosis for the detection of H. pylori. Eig...

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Main Authors: Ana Cristina Gobbo César, Patrícia Maluf Cury, Spencer Luiz Marques Payão, Paula Rahal Liberatore, Ana Elizabete Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2005-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822005000100003