The cagA status of Helicobacter pylori isolates from dyspeptic children in Turkey

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 147-149

  Saltik, Inci Nur ^a   Demir, Hülya ^a   Engin, Doruk ^a   Ertunç, Özge Darka ^a   Akyön, Yakut ^a   Koçak, Nurten ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antral nodularity; cagA; Children; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; CAGA PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; INFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0038400001     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(03)00024-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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