Active Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with colorectal mucosa-adenomatous polyp--early and advanced adenocarcinoma sequence

Scand J Gastroenterol. 2014 Mar;49(3):381-2. doi: 10.3109/00365521.2013.869351. Epub 2013 Dec 4.

Authors

Jannis Kountouras¹, Nikolaos Kapetanakis, Christos Zavos, Stergios A Polyzos, George Kouklakis, Ioannis Venizelos, Christina Nikolaidou, Dimitrios Tzilves, Dimitrios Paikos, Panagiotis Katsinelos, Olga Giouleme, Konstantinos Soufleris

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Second Medical Clinic, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration Hospital , Thessaloniki , Greece.

PMID: 24299055
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2013.869351

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Adenoma / epidemiology*
Colonic Polyps / epidemiology*
Colorectal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Female
Helicobacter Infections / epidemiology*
Helicobacter pylori*
Humans
Male