Toll-like receptor 4 and interleukin 6 gene polymorphisms in Helicobacter pylori related diseases

Abstract Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterium, which infects the stomach of more than 50% of the population worldwide. In addition to being the most important risk factor for gastric cancer and peptic ulcers, H. pylori infection is a risk factor for several extra-digestive diseases incl...

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Main Author: Pohjanen, V.-M. (Vesa-Matti)
Other Authors: Karttunen, T. (Tuomo)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Oulun yliopisto 2016
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526212555
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