Helicobacter pylori type I strains among Austrian and Portuguese patients with gastritis, peptic ulcer or gastric cancer

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 807-810

  Bach, S ^a   Makristathis, A ^a   Pinto, A ^b   Quina, M ^b   Rotter, M ^a   Hirschl, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Clin Univ Med Int G   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0032761753     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050405     Document Type: Article

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