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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2011; 17(47): 5172-5176
Published online Dec 21, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i47.5172
Published online Dec 21, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i47.5172
Five methods for detection of Helicobacter pylori in the Turkish population
Orhan Cem Aktepe, İhsan Hakkı Çiftçi, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Ali Çetinkaya Campus, 03200 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Birol Şafak, Microbiology Laboratory, Atatürk State Hospital, Gaziosmanpaşa Mah., Soma Cad., 10100 Balıkesir, Turkey
İhsan Uslan, Gastroenterology Department, Kütahya State Hospital, Afyon Cad., 43100 Kütahya, Turkey
Fatma Hüsniye Dilek, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Ali Çetinkaya Campus, 03200 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Author contributions: Aktepe OC, Çiftçi İH and Dilek FH designed the research; Aktepe OC, Çiftçi İH, Şafak B and Uslan İ performed the research; Aktepe OC contributed to new analytic tools; Çiftçi İH and Dilek FH analyzed the data; and Aktepe OC and Çiftçi İH wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Orhan Cem Aktepe, Associated Professor, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Ali Çetinkaya Campus, 03200 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. aktepef@hotmail.com
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Received: January 23, 2011
Revised: April 19, 2011
Accepted: April 26, 2011
Published online: December 21, 2011
Revised: April 19, 2011
Accepted: April 26, 2011
Published online: December 21, 2011
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