Genotypes of helicobacter pylori in lithuanian families

Helicobacter

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 296-302

  Chalkauskas, Henrikas ^a   Kersulyte, Dangeruta ^b   Cepuliene, Irena ^a   Urbonas, Vaidotas ^a   Ruzeviciene, Danguole ^a   Barakauskiene, Ausrine ^a   Raudonikiene, Ausra ^b   Berg, Douglas E ^b,c  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; VACA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LITHUANIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LITHUANIA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032247115     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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