Analysis of the expression of cagA and vacA and the vacuolating activity in 167 isolates from patients with either peptic ulcers or non-ulcer dyspepsia

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-34

  Takata, Tohru ^a   Fujimoto, Shuji ^a   Anzai, Keizo ^a   Shirotani, Takuro ^a   Okada, Mitsuo ^a   Sawae, Yoshiro ^a   Ono, Junko ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; CYTOTOXIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN CAGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING CYTOTOXIN VACA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOTOXINS; DUODENAL ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH; STOMACH ULCER; VACUOLES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032411627     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.030_c.x     Document Type: Article

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