Risk factors for gastric intestinal metaplasia

The infection with Helicobacter pylori affects more than 50% of the world adult population, and approximately two thirds of all cases of stomach cancer are attributed to it, but a large proportion of the infected subjects will never develop cancer. Gastric carcinogenesis is currently interpreted as...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peleteiro,Bárbara (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2006
Subjects:
Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0871-34132006000300003
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:scielo:S0871-34132006000300003