Immune responses to differentiated forms of Helicobacter pylori in children with epigastric pain

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 866-869

  Ng, Bee Ling ^a   Quak, Seng Hock ^a,b   Aw, Marion ^a,b   Goh, Kee Tai ^c   Ho, Bow ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 0141563828     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.5.866-869.2003     Document Type: Article

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