Common presence of Helicobacter DNA in the gallbladder of patients with gallstone diseases and controls

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 237-243

  Chen, Wangxue ^a,b   Li, D ^a   Cannan, R J ^a   Stubbs, R S ^a  

^a Wakefield Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Gallbladder; Gallstones; Helicobacter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HELICOBACTER BILIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STONE FORMATION; BILE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLELITHIASIS; GALLBLADDER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BILE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0041807629     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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