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A rebuttal to the potential anti-tumour benefit of Helicobacter pylori-induced neutrophil-activating protein

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  1. Department of Medicine, Second Medical Clinic, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration Hospital, 8 Fanariou St, Byzantio, 551 33, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece

    Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Emmanuel Gavalas, Georgia Deretzi, Afroditi Tsona, Panagiotis Katsinelos, Savas Grigoriadis, Ioannis Pilpilidis, Dimitrios Tzilves, Elizabeth Vardaka, Konstantinos Mantzoukis & Stergios A. Polyzos

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Kountouras, J., Zavos, C., Gavalas, E. et al. A rebuttal to the potential anti-tumour benefit of Helicobacter pylori-induced neutrophil-activating protein. Cancer Immunol Immunother 61, 445–446 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-011-1142-z

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