Mechanisms involved in Helicobacter pylori induced duodenal ulcer disease: an overview

Figure 1 Successive prerequisites for the development of Helicobacter pylori induced duodenal ulcer. Reprinted from Best Practice & Research in Clinical Gastroenterology, 14 (1), L Olbe et al, Conceivable mechanisms by which Helicobacter pylori provokes duodenal ulcer disease, 1-12, 2000, by permission of the publisher Bailliere Tindall.