One Stomach-One Strain (Does Helicobacter pylori Strain Variation Influence Disease Outcome?)

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-107

  Enroth, Helena ^a   Nyrén, Olof ^a   Engstrand, Lars ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytotoxin associated gene A; Genomic fingerprinting; Helicobacter pylori; Strain variation

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIN ASSOCIATED GENE A; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032896435     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026658301825     Document Type: Article

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