Heterogeneity of immunoglobulin g response to Helicobacter pylori measured by the unweighted pair group method with averages

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-73

  Mayo, Kathryn ^a   Pretolani, Stefano ^b   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^b   Ghironzi, Giancarlo ^c   Megraud, Francis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b Policlinico S Orsoloa   (Italy)

^c Divisione di Medicina Generale   (San Marino)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0031929281     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.5.1.70-73.1998     Document Type: Article

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