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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2010; 16(4): 474-478
Published online Jan 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i4.474
Published online Jan 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i4.474
Clinical relevance of Helicobacter pylori babA2 and babA2/B in Costa Rica and Japan
Sergio A Con, Reinaldo Con-Wong, Centro Digestivo Doctores Con-Mediplaza, 245-1200 San José, Costa Rica
Sergio A Con, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Mitsuaki Nishioka, Norihito Morimoto, Tetsuro Sugiura, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku-city, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
Nobufumi Yasuda, Department of Public Health, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku-city, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
Author contributions: Con SA designed, performed the research and wrote the paper; Nishioka M, Con-Wong R, Morimoto N, and Sugiura T contributed reagents/analytic tools; Yasuda N analyzed the data; Takeuchi H revised the paper.
Supported by (in part) A Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan (21590631) and by the Project Research Fund from the Kochi University
Correspondence to: Sergio A Con, MD, PhD, Centro Digestivo Doctores Con-Mediplaza, 245-1200 San José, Costa Rica. scon@gastrocolon.com
Telephone: +506-2201-7028 Fax: +506-2201-7033
Received: July 29, 2009
Revised: October 13, 2009
Accepted: October 20, 2009
Published online: January 28, 2010
Revised: October 13, 2009
Accepted: October 20, 2009
Published online: January 28, 2010
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