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1. Is Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood a risk factor for gastric cancer?

This article discusses whether Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood is a risk factor for gastric cancer

Abstract:

Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. Furthermore, the World Health Organization has classified this organism as a carcinogen for gastric cancer. H pylori infection is mainly acquired in childhood. Children with H pylori infection are asymptomatic except for a very small number that develop peptic ulcer disease. However, if H pylori more...

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Pediatrics, Vol: 107 Page: 373-80 February 2001
C. Imrie; M. Rowland; B. Bourke; B. Drumm

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