In women, serum levels of CTSB, GKN2, LIPF, LIPFG, AZGP1, TOP2A and PGA4 are proposed as predictive markers of gastric cancer. It is unknown whether GKN1 expression varies with the sex of patients with chronic gastritis or gastric cancer. We studied 36 patients with histopathological diagnosis of chronic gastritis from the state of Guerrero, Mexico.
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January 2019
Background: The , and genotypes of are associated with gastric pathology. The objectives were to determine the frequency of infection and distribution of the , and genotypes of in patients with gastric ulcer, chronic gastritis and gastric cancer, and to evaluate the association of virulent genotypes with diagnosis.
Methods: We studied 921 patients with symptoms of dyspepsia or with presumptive diagnosis of gastric cancer.