<i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Infection and the Risk of Gastric Carcinoma

Parsonnet, Julie; Friedman, Gary; P. Vandersteen, Daniel; Chang, Yuan; H. Vogelman∥, Joseph; Orentreich∥, Norman; K. Sibley, Richard

doi:10.1056/nejm199110173251603

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Helicobacter pylori Infection and the Risk of Gastric Carcinoma

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Oct 17, 1991

Authors:

Julie Parsonnet

Gary Friedman

Daniel P. Vandersteen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Infection with Helicobacter pylori has been linked with chronic atrophic gastritis, an inflammatory precursor of gastric adenocarcinoma. In a nested case-control study, we explored whether H. pylori infection increases the risk of gastric carcinoma. METHODS: From a cohort of 128,992 pers...

Subject

Medicine

Helicobacter pylori

Atrophic gastritis

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