VacA alleles, cagA, and duodenal ulcer in children in Brazil;Associação entre cagA e alelos do vacA de Helicobacter pylori e úlcera duodenal em crianças no Brasil

Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-85

  Ashour, Abdussalam Ali Ramadam ^a,f   De Gusmão, Valquíria Ribeiro ^a   Magalhães, Paula Prazeres ^b,c,d   Collares, Guilherme Birchal ^e   Mendes, Edilberto Nogueira ^a,b   Queiroz, Dulciene Maria De Magalhães ^b   Rocha, Gifone Aguiar ^b   Rocha, Andreia Maria Camargos ^b   Carvalho, Anfrisina Sales Teles ^g  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FMUFMG   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DE ITAÚNA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g FMUFMG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cagA; Duodenal ulcer; Gastritis; H. pylori; vacA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344759766     PISSN: 16762444     EISSN: 16784774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1676-24442002000200003     Document Type: Article

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