PMID: 11624238Oct 20, 2001Paper

A brief history of discovery of Helicobacter pylori

Zhonghua yi shi za zhi = Chinese journal of medical history
J LiF Duan

Abstract

The theoretical background for the diagnosis and treatment of upper digestive ulcer, gastritis and stomach carcinema was challenged by H. pylori, a microbe seems only under the microscope. This paper makes a brief review on the brief history of discovery and recent conclusion on the microbe, and explores its challenge to the traditional conception.

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