Jung, Hi Eun
Bang, Chang Seol
Ahn, Ji Yong
Jung, Hwoon-Yong
Lee, Sun Mi
Kim, So Won
Chae, Dong Woo
Gong, Eun Jeong
Funding for this research was provided by:
Basic Science Research Program through the NRF of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education (RS-2022-NR075350)
Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Korean government (RS-2023-00223501)
a National Research Foundation (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (NRF-2021R1C1C1010631)
Article History
Received: 5 December 2025
Accepted: 4 May 2026
First Online: 11 May 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Hospital (No. 2025-08-009). The IRB waived the requirement for written informed consent, as this study involved only previously collected, anonymized H. pylori bacterial strains and de-identified patient information, in accordance with national research ethics guidelines. All study protocols and methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations, including the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.”
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.