Are autoantibodies against Lewis antigens involved in the pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori-induced peptic ulcers?

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 403-408

  Kamiya, Kenji ^a   Arisawa, Tomiyasu ^a   Goto, Hidemi ^a   Shibayama, Keigo ^a   Horii, Toshinobu ^a   Hayakawa, Tetsuo ^a   Ohta, Michio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Helicobacter pylori; Lewis antigen; Lipopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIC ULCER; RECURRENT DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033006486     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1999.tb02423.x     Document Type: Article

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