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.
Department of Surgery, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand.
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