High prevalence of cagA-positive strains in Helicobacter pylori- infected, healthy, young Chinese adults

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 476-480

  Yang, Haitao ^a   Wu, S Vincent ^a,d   Pichuantes, Sergio ^b   Song, Min ^a   Wang, Jide ^c   Zhou, Dianyuan ^c   Xu, Zhimin ^c   Quan, Stella ^b   Polito, Alan ^b   Walsh, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cagA; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Pathogenesis; Peptic ulcer disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032987609     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.1999.01892.x     Document Type: Article

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