Diminished interferon-γ production in gastric mucosa T lymphocytes after H. pylori eradication in duodenal ulcer patients

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 1740-1745

  Ihan, A ^a   Tepez, B ^b   Gubina, M ^a   Malovrh, T ^a   Kopitar, A ^a  

^a Medical Faculty   (Slovenia)

^b Health Centre Rogaska   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Helicobacter pylori; IL 2R; Interferon ; Interleukin 4

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BISMUTH CITRATE; FICOLL; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYMPHOKINE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABORATORY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH MUCOSA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DUODENAL ULCER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; METRONIDAZOLE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032767310     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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