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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2008; 14(10): 1498-1503
Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1498
Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1498
Polymorphism of -765G > C COX-2 is a risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma and peptic ulcer disease in addition to H pylori infection: A study from northern India
Ashish Saxena, Kashi Nath Prasad, Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
Uday Chand Ghoshal, Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
Monty Roshan Bhagat, Department of Gastroenterology, Central Command Hospital, Lucknow 226002, India
Narendra Krishnani, Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
Nuzhat Husain, Department of Pathology, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow 226001, India
Author contributions: Saxena A had primary responsibility for protocol development, patients screening, enrolment, outcome assessment, preliminary data analysis and writing the manuscript; Prasad KN supervised the design and execution of the study, and contributed to the writing of the manuscript; Ghoshal UC and Bhagat MR participated in the development of the protocol and analytical framework for the study, patient screening, and contributed to the writing of the manuscript; Krishnani N and Hussain N have performed the histological analysis of the samples.
Correspondence to: Kashi Nath Prasad, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India. knprasad@sgpgi.ac.in
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Received: November 3, 2007
Revised: January 29, 2008
Published online: March 14, 2008
Revised: January 29, 2008
Published online: March 14, 2008
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