Effect of cagA status on the sensitivity of enzyme immunoassay in diagnosing Helicobacter pylori-infected children

Helicobacter

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 226-232

  Plebani, Mario ^a   Guariso, Graziella ^a   Fogar, Paola ^a   Basso, Daniela ^a   Gallo, Nicoletta ^a   Zambon, Carlo Federico ^a   Mozrzymas, Renata ^a   Celadin, Marilena ^a   Zacchello, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; MALE; PEPSINOGEN A; PEPSINOGEN C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033257907     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5378.1999.99072.x     Document Type: Article

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