Relationship between Helicobacter pylori iceA, cagA, and vacA status and clinical outcome: studies in four different countries.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on July 01, 1999

Authors

Y Yamaoka1, T Kodama, O Gutierrez, J G Kim, K Kashima, D Y Graham

Author Affiliations

1: Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. yoshio@wt.net

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