Search for putative virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori: The low- molecular-weight (33-35 K) antigen

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1482-1487

  Yamaoka, Yoshio ^a   Kodama, Tadashi ^b   Graham, David Y ^b   Kashima, Kei ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

33 35 K antigen; CagA; Helicobacter pylori; Low molecular weight antigen; Pathogenesis; VacA

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERLEUKIN-8; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031849935     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018850412148     Document Type: Article

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