Helicobacter pylori-human polymorphonuclear leucocyte interaction in the presence of ammonia

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 457-461

  Mayo, Kathryn ^a   Held, Maria ^b   Wadström, Torkel ^b   Mégraud, Francis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Helicobacter pylori; Polymorphonuclear leucocytes

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; AMMONIA;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIC STRENGTH; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030985325     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199705000-00009     Document Type: Article

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