Abstract
The likelihood of clinical disease is affected by the strain of Helicobacter pylori, and whether gastritis extends to the gastric corpus. Plentiful acid from a healthy corpus may cause duodenal ulcers while corpus gastritis and acid hyposecretion are associated with gastric cancer.
MeSH terms
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Genes, Bacterial
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Helicobacter Infections / microbiology*
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Helicobacter pylori / genetics
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Helicobacter pylori / pathogenicity*
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Humans
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Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / microbiology
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Stomach Diseases / microbiology*
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Stomach Neoplasms / microbiology
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Stomach Ulcer / microbiology