Helicobacter pylori-An African perspective

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 561-565

  Segal, I ^a   Ally, R ^a   Mitchell, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENUM ULCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH ULCER; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0034777155     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/94.10.561     Document Type: Article

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