Anti-CagA reactivity in Helicobacter pylori-negative subjects: A comparison of three different methods

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1691-1695

  Fusconi, Marco ^a   Vaira, Dino ^a,b   Menegatti, Marcello ^a   Farinelli, Silvia ^a   Figura, Natale ^a   Holton, John ^a   Ricci, Chiara ^a   Corinaldesi, Roberto ^a   Miglioli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CagA; ELISA; Helicobacter pylori; Recombinant immunoblotting assay; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032883797     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026647918258     Document Type: Article

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