Heterogeneity in the Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genes: Association with gastroduodenal disease in South Africa?

Gut

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 499-502

  Kidd, M ^a   Lastovica, A J ^b   Atherton, J C ^c   Louw, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; cagA; Helicobacter pylori; Peptic ulceration; South Africa; Vacuolating cytotoxin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUODENUM DISEASE; DYSPEPSIA; GASTRITIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH ULCER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032831452     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.45.4.499     Document Type: Article

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