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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2005; 11(1): 94-98
Published online Jan 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i1.94
Published online Jan 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i1.94
Ethnic difference of Helicobacter pylori gastritis: Korean and Japanese gastritis is characterized by male- and antrum-predominant acute foveolitis in comparison with American gastritis
Inchul Lee, Hojung Lee, Mijung Kim, Department of Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, Korea
Manabu Fukumoto, Department of Pathology, Institute of Development, Aging & Cancer, Tohoku university, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
Shinji Sawada, Department of Pathology, Nagahama City Hospital, Oh-Inui-cho, Shiga 526-8580, Japan
Shriram Jakate, Victor E. Gould, Department of Pathology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by Joint Korean-Israeli Research Grant by the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology, M6-0025-00-0002-02-A01-00-002-00
Correspondence to: Professor Inchul Lee, Department of Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1 Poongnap-Dong, Songpa-Gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. iclee@amc.seoul.kr
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Received: May 30, 2004
Revised: May 31, 2004
Accepted: July 17, 2004
Published online: January 7, 2005
Revised: May 31, 2004
Accepted: July 17, 2004
Published online: January 7, 2005
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