Clinical and pathological importance of cagA-positive Helicobacter pylori strains in children with abdominal complaints

Helicobacter

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 238-242

  Korzon, Maria ^a   Sikorska Wiśniewska, Grazyna ^c   Jankowski, Zbigniew ^a   Kur, Józef ^b   Banach, Piotr ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033258299     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5378.1999.99304.x     Document Type: Article

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