Helicobacter pylori genotypes in Israeli children: The significance of geography

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 680-684

  Benenson, Shmuel ^a,b   Halle, David ^a,b   Rudensky, Bernard ^a,b   Faber, Joseph ^a,b   Schlesinger, Yechiel ^a,b   Branski, David ^a,b   Rabinowitz, Nina ^a,b   Wilschanski, Michael ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

cagA; cagE; Helicobacter pylori; iceA; Peptic ulcer disease in children; vacA

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; DUODENUM DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ICE NUCLEATION PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PICB PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; VACA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUODENAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036860881     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200211000-00018     Document Type: Article

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