CagA status and gastric cancer: Unreliable serological tests produce unreliable data [1]

Gastroenterology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 745-

  Yamaoka, Y ^a   Graham, D Y ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0032821466     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(99)70476-2     Document Type: Letter

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