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H pylori DNA may not imply infection
  1. C P DOHERTY,
  2. W G MACKAY,
  3. L T WEAVER
  1. A J SHEPHERD
  1. C L WILLIAMS
  1. Department of Child Health
  2. University of Glasgow, UK
  3. cd1c@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
  4. Department of Nursing and Midwifery
  5. Stirling University, UK
  6. Department of Microbiology
  7. Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, UK

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