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Macroscopic extent of gastric mucosal atrophy: increased risk factor for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Japan

BACKGROUND: We aimed to estimate whether the macroscopic extent of gastric mucosal atrophy is associated with a risk for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using a case-control study in Japanese subjects, a population known to have a high prevalence of CagA-positive H. pylori infection. METHODS: Two...

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Autores principales: Akiyama, Tomoyuki, Inamori, Masahiko, Iida, Hiroshi, Endo, Hiroki, Hosono, Kunihiro, Yoneda, Kyoko, Fujita, Koji, Yoneda, Masato, Takahashi, Hirokazu, Goto, Ayumu, Abe, Yasunobu, Kirikoshi, Hiroyuki, Kobayashi, Noritoshi, Kubota, Kensuke, Saito, Satoru, Rino, Yasushi, Nakajima, Atsushi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19450276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-9-34