The role of PCR in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infections

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 197-212

  Kabir, Shahjahan ^a  

^a Acad Res/Information Management   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetic fingerprinting; PCR; Peptic ulcer; Urease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; RIBOSOME RNA; UREASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SALIVA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH JUICE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

EID: 0032786195     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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