CagA-positive Helicobacter pylori infection is not associated with decreased risk of Barrett's esophagus in a population with high H. pylori infection rate

BACKGROUND & AIM: The role that H. pylori infection plays in the development of and Barrett's esophagus (BE) is uncertain. We tested the hypothesis that infection with cagA+ Helicobacter pylori strains protects against the development of BE. METHODS: We studied 104 consecutive patients, res...

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Autores principales: Ferrández, Angel, Benito, Rafael, Arenas, Juan, García-González, María Asunción, Sopeña, Federico, Alcedo, Javier, Ortego, Javier, Sainz, Ricardo, Lanas, Angel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1388227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16483364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-6-7

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