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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2009; 15(9): 1105-1112
Published online Mar 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1105
Indistinguishable cellular changes in gastric mucosa between Helicobacter pylori infected asymptomatic tribal and duodenal ulcer patients
Dhira Rani Saha, Simanti Datta, Santanu Chattopadhyay, Rajashree Patra, Ronita De, Krishnan Rajendran, Abhijit Chowdhury, Thandavaryan Ramamurthy, Asish Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Dhira Rani Saha, Division of Histology & Electron microscopy. National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P 33, CIT Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010, India
Simanti Datta, Abhijit Chowdhury, School of digestive diseases, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, 244 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata 700020, India
Santanu Chattopadhyay, Rajashree Patra, Ronita De, Thandavaryan Ramamurthy, Asish Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P 33, CIT Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010, India
Krishnan Rajendran, Data management Division, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P 33, CIT Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010, India
Author contributions: Saha DR and Mukhopadhyay AK designed the research; Chowdhury A performed the endoscopy and collected the biopsy samples; Chowdhury A, Dutta S and De R managed the patient data; Datta S, Chattopadhyay S, Patra R and De R processed and performed the genetic analysis of H pylori strains; Saha DR performed the histology; Chattopadhyay S, Patra R, Saha DR and Mukhopadhyay AK analysed the results; Rajendran K did the statistical analysis of data; Mukhopadhyay AK and Saha DR drafted the paper; Mukhopadhyay AK and Ramamurthy T revised the manuscript with intellectual inputs.
Correspondence to: Asish Kumar Mukhopadhyay, PhD, Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P 33, CIT Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010, India. asish_mukhopadhyay@yahoo.com
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Received: November 12, 2008
Revised: January 16, 2009
Accepted: January 23, 2009
Published online: March 7, 2009
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