Matrix metalloproteinase-3 promoter polymorphisms but not dupA-H. pylori correlate to duodenal ulcers in H. pylori-infected females

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Duodenal Ulcer 86%
• Gastritis 31%
• Genotype 35%
• Infections 9%
• Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 28%
• Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 10%
• Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors 11%
• Matrix Metalloproteinases 9%
• Pylorus 89%
• Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms 9%
• Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 16%
• Stomach Ulcer 32%
• Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 35%
• Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2 25%
• Ulcer 8%