Diversity of Helicobacter pylori genotypes among Estonian and Russian patients with perforated peptic ulcer, living in Southern Estonia

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-33

  Sillakivi, Toomas ^a   Aro, Helena ^a   Ustav, Mart ^a   Peetsalu, Margot ^a   Peetsalu, Ants ^a   Mikelsaar, Marika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

cagA; Ethnic tropism; Helicobacter pylori; PCR; vacA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTONIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STOMACH MUCOSA; ULCER PERFORATION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESTONIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PEPTIC ULCER PERFORATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYLORIC ANTRUM; RUSSIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0035808976     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00540-1     Document Type: Article

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