Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer: What are the benefits of screening only for the CagA phenotype of H. pylori?

Helicobacter

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-76

  Harris, Ryan A ^a,b,d   Owens, Douglas K ^a,b,c   Witherell, Heidi ^b   Parsonnet, Julie ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033144528     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5378.1999.98057.x     Document Type: Article

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