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Clinical characteristics of distal gastric cancer in young adults from Northeas...
Braga-Neto, Manuel B.; Carneiro, Jessica Gomes; Barbosa, Alzira M. de Castro; Silva, Igor S.; Maia, Danielle C.; Maciel, Felipe S.Background It has been suggested that distal gastric carcinoma (GC) in younger patients has a more aggressive outcome than in older patients, however this is a controversial issue. The aim of this study was to compare clinicopathological features between younger and older patients with GC in Northeastern Brazil. Methods A total of 207 patients with distal GC (41 patients ≤45 years, considered younger group, and...
Helicobacter pylori virulence genes detected by string PCR in children from an ...
Gonçalves, Maria H. R. B.; Silva, Cícero I. S. M.; Braga-Neto, Manuel B.; Fialho, Andrea B. C.; Fialho, Andre M. N.; Queiroz, Dulciene M. M. QueirozThe accuracy of a nested PCR in gastric DNA obtained by a string test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in asymptomatic children was 94.0%. The cagA-positive toxigenic vacAs1m1 strains were the most prevalent strains, indicating that this population is colonized early by the strains associated with gastric cancer