Diagnosis and identification of gastric Helicobacter species by polymerase chain reaction in dogs

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 234-240

  Neiger, Reto ^a,c   Tschudi, Michèle E ^a   Burnens, André ^b   Göke, Burkard ^a   Schmassmann, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b 2   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canine; Histology; Spiral organisms; Urease gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010024047     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910609908540833     Document Type: Article

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