Association of peptic ulcer with increased expression of Lewis antigens but not cagA, iceA, and vacA in Helicobacter pylori isolates in an Asian population

Gut

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Zheng, P Y ^a   Hua, J ^a   Yeoh, K G ^a   Ho, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cagA; Helicobacter pylori; iceA; Lewis blood group antigens; Peptic ulcer; vacA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DYSPEPSIA; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCEROGENESIS; VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOTOXINS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033916590     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.47.1.18     Document Type: Article

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