Major virulence factors, VacA and CagA, are commonly positive in Helicobacter pylori isolates in Japan

Gut

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 338-343

  Maeda, S ^a   Ogura, K ^a   Yoshida, H ^a   Kanai, F ^a   Ikenoue, T ^a   Kato, N ^a   Shiratori, Y ^a   Omata, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

CagA; Helicobacter pylori; Non ulcer dyspepsia; Ulcer; VacA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0031965916     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.42.3.338     Document Type: Article

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