Gastric inflammation and neutrophil-activating and cytotoxin-producing Helicobacter pylori strains

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 639-642

  Rautelin, H ^a   Sipponen, P ^a   Seppala K ^a   Sarna, S ^a   Danielsson, D ^a   Kosunen, T U ^a  

^a Dept of Bacteriology and Immunology ^*

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; cytotoxin; duodenal ulcer; gastric mucosa; gastric ulcer; gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; inflammation; neutrophils; oxidative burst

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029783311     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529609009142     Document Type: Article

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