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Edited by C. Stewart Goodwin and Bryan W. Worsley. 465 pp., illustrated. Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press, 1993. $199.95. ISBN 0-8493-6451-5.

The identification of Helicobacter pylori as a gastric pathogen has revolutionized gastroenterology. Now widely recognized as the main cause of gastritis and peptic ulcers, the role of H. pylori numbers among the most important bacterial discoveries of modern times. Not surprisingly, the quantity of research devoted to this unique organism has escalated dramatically since the first publications appeared in 1983. Over one third of all peer-reviewed manuscripts related to this organism have been published since January 1992. Herein lies the problem with this book. Because of the rapid pace of advances in laboratory and clinical work on H. pylori, it . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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