Helicobacter pylori and gastric carcinoma
β Scribed by Antonio Aceti; Alfredo Pennica; Domenico Celestino; Vincenzo Casale
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 124 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-4453
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Background. Helicobacter pylori is recognized as one of the possible causes of gastric carcinoma. There have been few studies on the relationship between H. pylori and gastric carcinoma in patients younger than 40 years.
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