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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2012; 18(32): 4412-4418
Published online Aug 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i32.4412
Significant decrease in prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in the Czech Republic
Jan Bureš, Marcela Kopáčová, Ilona Koupil, Bohumil Seifert, Miluška Škodová Fendrichová, Jana Špirková, Viktor Voříšek, Stanislav Rejchrt, Tomáš Douda, Norbert Král, Ilja Tachecí
Jan Bureš, Marcela Kopáčová, Miluška Škodová Fendrichová, Stanislav Rejchrt, Tomáš Douda, Ilja Tachecí, Second Department of Medicine Gastroenterology, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Králové, University Teaching Hospital, 50005 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Ilona Koupil, Centre for Health Equity Studies, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm University, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
Bohumil Seifert, Norbert Král, First Faculty of Medicine, Institute of General Practice, Charles University, 12108 Praha, Czech Republic
Jana Špirková, Viktor Voříšek, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnostics, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Králové, University Teaching Hospital, 50005 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Author contributions: Bureš J, Kopáčová M, Koupil I, Seifert B, Škodová Fendrichová M, Špirková J, Voříšek V, Rejchrt S, Douda T, Král N and Tachecí I contributed equally to this work.
Supported by Research Project PRVOUK P37-08 from Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Králové, Charles University in Praha, Czech Republic
Correspondence to: Jan Bureš, MD, PhD, Professor, Second Department of Medicine Gastroenterology, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Králové, University Teaching Hospital, Sokolská 581, 50005 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. bures@lfhk.cuni.cz
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Received: July 3, 2012
Revised: August 13, 2012
Accepted: August 16, 2012
Published online: August 28, 2012
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