Diverse VacA allelic types of Helicobacter pylori in Korea and clinical correlation

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-356

  Choe, Yon Ho ^a   Kim, Pum Soo ^b   Lee, Don Haeng ^b   Kim, Hyung Kil ^b   Kim, Young Soo ^b   Shin, Yong Woon ^b   Hwang, Tae Sook ^c   Kim, Hyeon Joo ^c   Song, Sun Uk ^b   Choi, Mi Sook ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allele; Helicobacter pylori; Mid region; Signal sequence; VacA

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENUM ULCER; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0036313741     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2002.43.3.351     Document Type: Article

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