Helicobacter pylori infection in children and adults: A single pathogen but a different pathology

Helicobacter

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-28

  Gallo, Nicoletta ^a   Zambon, Carlo Federico ^a   Navaglia, Filippo ^a   Basso, Daniela ^a   Guariso, Graziella ^a   Piva, Maria Grazia ^a   Greco, Eliana ^a   Mazza, Saverio ^a   Fogar, Paola ^a   Rugge, Massimo ^a   Di Mario, Francesco ^b   Plebani, Mario ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cagA; Density of infecting bacteria; Gastric mucosal lesions; Infecting strains; ureA gene

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE; UREASE A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; DUODENUM; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM MUCOSA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0344643018     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5378.2003.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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