Helicobacter pylori Infection Is Associated with the Presence of Thyroid Nodules in the Euthyroid Population

• Zhe Shen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhe Shen, Yu’e Qin, Yi Liu

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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• Yu’e Qin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhe Shen, Yu’e Qin, Yi Liu

  Affiliation International Health Care Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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• Yi Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhe Shen, Yu’e Qin, Yi Liu

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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• Yi Lu,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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• Stefan Munker,

  Affiliation Molecular Hepatology-Alcohol Associated Diseases, II. Medical Clinic Faculty of Medicine at Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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• Lihua Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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• Chaohui Yu,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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• Peng Chen,

  Affiliation International Health Care Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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• Youming Li

  * E-mail: zjulym@126.com

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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