The outcome of Helicobacter pylori infection.
Duodenal ulcer disease correlates strongly with Helicobacter pylori infection. Ulceration is not, however, a common result of H. pylori infection. Whether this is due to differences in the hosts or the strains of H. pylori remains at issue.
Allardyce
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Department of Surgery, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand.
Bagshaw
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Keenan
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D004032:Diet; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics