Identification and analysis of a new vacA genotype variant of Helicobacter pylori in different patient groups in Germany

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1285-1289

  Strobel, Sonja ^a   Bereswill, Stefan ^a   Balig, Peter ^b   Allgaier, Peter ^c   Sonntag, Hans Günther ^d   Kist, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b University of Heidelberg ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031969884     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1285-1289.1998     Document Type: Article

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