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There is overwhelming evidence that Helicobacter pylori is the major cause of chronic active gastritis and that it may further predispose to peptic ulcers, of which there are several thousand cases in the US each year. The most severe clinical outcomes of H. pylori infection are mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma and gastric cancer. Because of these findings, the implications for cancer aetiology are intriguing. This book, a volume in the ""Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis"" series, presents chapters by major researchers in the field, including Dr. Barry Marshall whose research was responsible for establishing the linking of gastric ulcers with the H. pylori bacterium.

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Author:   Yoshimasa Yamamoto ,  Herman Friedman ,  Paul S. Hoffman
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2002 ed.
Volume:   No. 15
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.400kg
ISBN:  

9780306466588

ISBN 10:   0306466589
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   31 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. The Bacteriology of Helicobacter pylori.- 2. Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection.- 3. Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastric Cancer.- 4. Risk Factors and Peptic Ulcer Pathology.- 5. Helicobacter pylori Eradication Therapy.- 6. Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance in Helicobacter pylori.- 7. Anti-Helicobacter pylori Activity of Natural Substances.- 8. Adherence of Helicobacter pylori to Gastric Cell.- 9. Helicobacter pyloric Molecular Mimicry and Autoimmunity.- 10. Apoptosis and the Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori— Related Disease.- 11. Toxins, Travels and Tropisms: H. pylori and Host Cells.- 12. Role of Cytokines in Helicobacter pylori Infection.- 13. Animal Models for Helicobacter pylori.- 14. Mongolian Gerbils Model.- 15. Vaccine Development.

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