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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2013; 19(34): 5685-5692
Published online Sep 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i34.5685
Published online Sep 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i34.5685
Diversity of Helicobacter pylori genotypes in Iranian patients with different gastroduodenal disorders
Farzam Vaziri, Shahin Najar Peerayeh, Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14115-331, Iran
Masoud Alebouyeh, Tabassom Mirzaei, Mohammad Reza Zali, Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19835-187, Iran
Yoshio Yamaoka, Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita 879-5593, Japan
Yoshio Yamaoka, Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Mahsa Molaei, Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19835-187, Iran
Nader Maghsoudi, Neuroscience Research Center (NRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19615-1178, Iran
Author contributions: Najar Peerayeh S, Alebouyeh M and Yamaoka Y contributed equally to this work; Vaziri F performed the research and wrote the paper; Alebouyeh M and Vaziri F designed the research and analyzed the data; Mirzaei T collected the biopsy samples and cultured the bacteria; Molaei M helped this project as a pathologist; Alebouyeh M, Najar Peerayeh S, Maghsoudi N, Yamaoka Y and Zali MR supervised the research; Yamaoka Y edited the manuscript.
Supported by Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Iran National Science Foundation, INSF; and a PhD grant from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, No. 22390085, 22659087, 24406015 and 24659200; Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology from the MEXT of Japan, and a Research Fund at the Discretion of the President, Oita University
Correspondence to: Shahin Najar Peerayeh, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14115-331, Iran. najarp_s@modares.ac.ir
Telephone: +98-21-82883870 Fax: +98-21-82884555
Received: August 19, 2012
Revised: September 11, 2012
Accepted: November 14, 2012
Published online: September 14, 2013
Processing time: 389 Days and 19 Hours
Revised: September 11, 2012
Accepted: November 14, 2012
Published online: September 14, 2013
Processing time: 389 Days and 19 Hours
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