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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2009; 15(12): 1465-1471
Published online Mar 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1465
Published online Mar 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1465
Interleukin-1 and TNF-α polymorphisms and Helicobacter pylori in a Brazilian Amazon population
Hivana Patricia Melo Barbosa, Charliana Damasceno Aragão, Tereza Cristina de Oliveira Corvelo, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Federal University of Pará, 66075-110, Belém, Brazil
Luisa Caricio Martins, Nucleus of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Pará, 66055-240, Belém, Brazil
Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos, Laboratory of Human and Medical Genetics, Federal University of Pará, 66075-110, Belém, Brazil
Samia Demachki, Department of Pathology, João de Barros Barreto Universitary Hospital, Federal University of Pará, 66073-000, Belém, Brazil
Mônica Baraúna Assumpção, Department of Endoscopy, João de Barros Barreto Universitary Hospital, Federal University of Pará, 66073-000, Belém, Brazil
Author contributions: Melo Barbosa HP, Martins LC, dos Santos SE and Corvelo TC designed and performed the research; Melo Barbosa HP and Martins LC performed the majority of experiments; Aragão CD took part in the experiments and collected the control samples; Assumpção MB performed endoscopy and provided clinical advice; Demachki S performed the histological evaluation and provided clinical advice; Melo Barbosa HP and Martins LC wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Hivana Patricia Melo Barbosa, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Federal University of Pará, 66075-110, Belém, Brazil. hivana@ufpa.br
Telephone: +55-91-32696857
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Received: October 19, 2008
Revised: February 9, 2009
Accepted: February 16, 2009
Published online: March 28, 2009
Revised: February 9, 2009
Accepted: February 16, 2009
Published online: March 28, 2009
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