Helicobacter Pylori Infection and the Risk of Barrett’s Oesophagus: A Community-Based Study

OBJECTIVE: Gastric colonization with the Helicobacter pylori bacterium is a proposed protective factor against oesophageal adenocarcinoma, but its point of action is unknown. We evaluated its associations with Barrett’s oesophagus, a metaplastic change that is a probable early event in the carcinoge...

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Main Authors: Corley, Douglas A., Kubo, Ai, Levin, T.R., Block, Gladys, Habel, Laurel, Zhao, Wei, Leighton, Pat, Rumore, Gregory, Quesenberry, Charles, Buffler, Patricia, Parsonnet, Julie
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2670583/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17895354
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.2007.132068
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