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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2010; 16(1): 83-88
Published online Jan 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i1.83
Published online Jan 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i1.83
Association of autoimmune type atrophic corpus gastritis with Helicobacter pylori infection
Lea Irene Veijola, Aino Mirjam Oksanen, Herttoniemi Hospital, City of Helsinki, Kettutie 8, 00800 Helsinki, Finland
Lea Irene Veijola, Hilpi Iris Kaarina Rautelin, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Haartmanink. 3, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Pentti Ilmari Sipponen, Repolar Oy, Box 26, 02101 Espoo, Finland
Hilpi Iris Kaarina Rautelin, HUSLAB, Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory, Haartmanink 3, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; Department of Medical Sciences, University of Uppsala, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 17, SE-75185 Uppsala, Sweden
Author contributions: Veijola LI, Rautelin HIK and Oksanen AM planned the study; Veijola LI and Oksanen AM interviewed and examined the patients, and performed the gastroscopies; Sipponen PI examined the histology of the biopsy materials; Veijola LI analyzed the data; Veijola LI and Rautelin HIK wrote the article; all authors participated in the revision of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Lea Irene Veijola, MD, PhD, Herttoniemi Hospital, City of Helsinki, Kettutie 8, 00800 Helsinki, Finland. lea.veijola@helsinki.fi
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Received: September 27, 2009
Revised: November 16, 2009
Accepted: November 23, 2009
Published online: January 7, 2010
Revised: November 16, 2009
Accepted: November 23, 2009
Published online: January 7, 2010
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