Helicobacter pylori transmission between a boy with duodenal ulcer and his father

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 655-656

  Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a   Oguchi, Satoshi ^a   Yamashiro, Yuichiro ^a   Segawa, Osamu ^a   Ohkura, Ryuichi ^a   Wakisaka, Noriko ^b   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA analysis; Helicobacter pylori; Intrafamilial transmission; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DUODENUM ULCER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; CHILD; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DUODENAL ULCER; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHERS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0032777498     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199907000-00021     Document Type: Article

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