Allelic variation in the cagA gene of Helicobacter pylori obtained from Korea compared to the United States

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1322-1325

  Miehlke, Stephan ^b   Kibler, Kirsten ^b   Kim, Jong G ^b   Figura, N ^b   Small, Susan M ^b   Graham, David Y ^b   Go, Mae F ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030038682     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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