Analysis and typing of the vacA gene from cagA-positive strains of Helicobacter pylori isolated in Japan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1710-1714

  Ito, Yoshiyuki ^a   Azuma, Takeshi ^a   Ito, Shigeji ^a   Miyaji, Hideki ^a   Hirai, Masamichi ^a   Yamazaki, Yukinao ^a   Sato, Fukiko ^a   Kato, Takuji ^b   Kohli, Yoshihiro ^c   Kuriyama, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Aiseikai Yamashina Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030919631     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1710-1714.1997     Document Type: Article

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