VacA genotyping directly from gastric biopsy specimens and estimation of mixed Helicobacter pylori infections in patients with duodenal ulcer and gastritis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 743-749

  Hennig, E E ^a   Trzeciak, L ^a   Regula, J ^a   Butruk, E ^a   Ostrowski, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

CagA; Duodenal ulcer; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Mixed infections; VacA genotype

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; GASTRITIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPSY; DUODENAL ULCER; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032855938     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655299750025651     Document Type: Article

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