Major differences in the IgG subclass response to Helicobacter pylori in the First and Third worlds

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 517-522

  Mitchell, H M ^a   Ally, R ^a   Wadee, A ^a   Wiseman, M ^a   Segal, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

First and Third worlds; Helicobacter pylori; Helminth infection; IgG subclass response

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GERMANY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MIDDLE AGE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PEPTIC ULCER; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036000195     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520252903044     Document Type: Article

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