Infection with cagA-Positive and cagA-Negative Types of Helicobacter pylori among Children and Adolescents with Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Latvia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 622-624

  Daugule, I ^a,c   Rumba, I ^a   Engstrand, L ^b   Ejderhamn, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LATVIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LATVIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0242361100     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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