cagE is a virulence factor associated with Helicobacter pylori-induced duodenal ulceration in children

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1370-1375

  Day, Andrew S ^a   Jones, Nicola L ^a   Lynett, Jennifer T ^a   Jennings, Hilary A ^a   Fallone, Carlo A ^b   Beech, Robin ^c   Sherman, Philip M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUODENUM ULCER; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DUODENAL ULCER; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH;

EID: 0034071273     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315394     Document Type: Article

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