Epstein-Barr virus detection using gastric biopsy specimens after rapid urease test for Helicobacter pylori

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2019; 07(04): E431-E432
DOI: 10.1055/a-0859-7233

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Hideo Yanai

¹Department of Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Kanmon Medical Center, Yamaguchi, Japan

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Hisashi Iizasa

²Department of Microbiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Shimane, Japan

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Daisuke Chihara

³Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, National Hospital Organization Kanmon Medical Center, Yamaguchi, Japan

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Tomoyuki Murakami

⁴Department of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Kanmon Medical Center, Yamaguchi, Japan

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Jun Nishikawa

⁵Department of Laboratory Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan

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Hironori Yoshiyama

²Department of Microbiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Shimane, Japan

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