Effect of host Lewis and ABO blood group antigen expression on Helicobacter pylori colonisation density and the consequent inflammatory response

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 257-266

  Heneghan, Michael A ^a   Moran, Anthony P ^b   Feeley, Kenneth M ^a   Egan, Ernest L ^a   Goulding, Joseph ^a   Connolly, Charles E ^a   McCarthy, Ciaran F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Duodenal ulcer; Dyspepsia; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Lewis blood group; Secretor status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL ADHESION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0031966039     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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