The effect of Helicobacter pylori on neutrophil chemotaxis is independent of cagA

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-213

  Akyön, Yakut ^a   Hascelik, Gulsen ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cagA; Duodenal ulcer; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Neutrophil chemotaxis

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ZYMOSAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUODENUM ULCER; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032894117     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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