Antibodies to CagA protein are associated with gastric atrophy in Helicobacter pylori infection

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 645-649

  Beales, Ian L P ^a,d   Crabtree, Jean E ^b   Scunes, David ^a   Covacci, Antonello ^c   Calam, John ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Immunobiological Res Inst of Siena   (Italy)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CagA; Duodenal ulcer; Gastric ulcer; Gastritis atrophic; Helicobacter pylori; Metaplasia

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUODENAL ULCER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0029899369     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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