Prospective analysis of the association of infection with CagA bearing strains of Helicobacter pylori and coronary heart disease

Heart

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-46

  Singh, R K ^a   McMahon, A D ^b   Patel, H ^a   Packard, C J ^c   Rathbone, B J ^a   Samani, N J ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036089634     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.88.1.43     Document Type: Article

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