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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2013; 19(34): 5685-5692
Published online Sep 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i34.5685
Diversity of Helicobacter pylori genotypes in Iranian patients with different gastroduodenal disorders
Farzam Vaziri, Shahin Najar Peerayeh, Masoud Alebouyeh, Tabassom Mirzaei, Yoshio Yamaoka, Mahsa Molaei, Nader Maghsoudi, Mohammad Reza Zali
Farzam Vaziri, Shahin Najar Peerayeh, Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14115-331, Iran
Masoud Alebouyeh, Tabassom Mirzaei, Mohammad Reza Zali, Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19835-187, Iran
Yoshio Yamaoka, Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita 879-5593, Japan
Yoshio Yamaoka, Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Mahsa Molaei, Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19835-187, Iran
Nader Maghsoudi, Neuroscience Research Center (NRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19615-1178, Iran
Author contributions: Najar Peerayeh S, Alebouyeh M and Yamaoka Y contributed equally to this work; Vaziri F performed the research and wrote the paper; Alebouyeh M and Vaziri F designed the research and analyzed the data; Mirzaei T collected the biopsy samples and cultured the bacteria; Molaei M helped this project as a pathologist; Alebouyeh M, Najar Peerayeh S, Maghsoudi N, Yamaoka Y and Zali MR supervised the research; Yamaoka Y edited the manuscript.
Supported by Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Iran National Science Foundation, INSF; and a PhD grant from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, No. 22390085, 22659087, 24406015 and 24659200; Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology from the MEXT of Japan, and a Research Fund at the Discretion of the President, Oita University
Correspondence to: Shahin Najar Peerayeh, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14115-331, Iran. najarp_s@modares.ac.ir
Telephone: +98-21-82883870 Fax: +98-21-82884555
Received: August 19, 2012
Revised: September 11, 2012
Accepted: November 14, 2012
Published online: September 14, 2013
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