One-step polymerase chain reaction-based typing of Helicobacter pylori vacA gene: Association with gastric histopathology

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 131-138

  Han, Shan Rui ^a   Schneider, T Thomas ^a,b   Loos, Michael ^a   Bhakdi, Sucharit ^a   Maeurer, Markus J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Nord   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial density; CagA; Helicobacter pylori; VacA; Vacuolating cytotoxin

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033390420     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050115     Document Type: Article

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