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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2008; 14(42): 6481-6487
Published online Nov 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6481
Published online Nov 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6481
Relation of atrophic gastritis with Helicobacter pylori-CagA+ and interleukin-1 gene polymorphisms
Rafaela Sierra, Clas Une, Vanessa Ramírez, Warner Alpízar-Alpízar, Patricia Cuenca, Institute of Health Research, University of Costa Rica, San José 2060, Costa Rica
María I González, Department of Statistics, University of Costa Rica, San José 2060, Costa Rica
José A Ramírez, Department of Pathology, Calderón Guardia Hospital, Costa Rica, San José 2060, Costa Rica
Antoine de Mascarel, Francis Mégraud, University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146, rue Leo-Saignat, Case 76, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France
Guillermo Pérez-Pérez, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, NYU. Langone Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York 10016, United States
Author contributions: Sierra R designed the research; Une C, Ramírez V, Alpízar-Alpízar W, Ramírez JA and De Mascarel A performed the research; Cuenca P contributed materials; Pérez-Pérez G and Mégraud F contributed analytic tools; Sierra R, Une C and González MI analyzed the data; Sierra R and Une C wrote the paper.
Supported by The Centre Culturel et de Cooperation Scientifique de l'Ambassade de France au Costa Rica and the University of Costa Rica, No. 742-99-340
Correspondence to: Dr. Clas Une, Institute of Health Research, University of Costa Rica, San José 2060, Costa Rica. allan.une@ucr.ac.cr
Telephone: +506-2-2073290 Fax: +506-2-2075130
Received: May 14, 2008
Revised: September 16, 2008
Accepted: September 23, 2008
Published online: November 14, 2008
Revised: September 16, 2008
Accepted: September 23, 2008
Published online: November 14, 2008
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