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Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 189373, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/189373
Clinical Study

The Role of Helicobacter pylori and NSAIDs in the Pathogenesis of Uncomplicated Duodenal Ulcer

Ayhan Hilmi Cekin,1 Muharrem Taskoparan,2 Adil Duman,1 Cem Sezer,3 Yesim Cekin,4 Basak Oguz Yolcular,5 Hasan Can,6 Fatma Seher Pehlivan,7 and Mine Cayirci7

1Department of Gastroenterology, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, 07050 Antalya, Turkey
2Department of Gastroenterology, Adiyaman State Hospital, Adiyaman, Turkey
3Department of Pathology, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, 07050 Antalya, Turkey
4Department of Microbiology, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, 07050 Antalya, Turkey
5Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, 07050 Antalya, Turkey
6Department of Internal Medicine, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, 07050 Antalya, Turkey
7Department of Pathology, Adiyaman State Hospital, Adiyaman, Turkey

Received 7 July 2012; Accepted 27 August 2012

Academic Editor: Y. Yamaoka

Copyright © 2012 Ayhan Hilmi Cekin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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