H. pylori infection and genotyping in patients undergoing upper endoscopy at inner city hospitals

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1575-1581

  Straus, E W ^a   Patel, H ^a   Chang, J ^a   Gupta, R M ^b   Sottile, V ^c   Scirica, J ^c   Tarabay, G ^c   Iyer, S ^a   Samuel, S ^a   Raffaniello, R D ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b ST JOHN S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gastritis; Genotyping; H. pylori; Peptic ulcer; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENITIS; ENDOSCOPY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036317922     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015827404901     Document Type: Article

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