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. 1999 Jul;45(Suppl 1):I1–I4. doi: 10.1136/gut.45.2008.i1

Are all helicobacters equal? Mechanisms of gastroduodenal pathology and their clinical implications

A Axon
PMCID: PMC1766659  PMID: 10457027

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