Helicobacter pylori infection in Africa and Europe: Enigma of host genetics [3]

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1799-

  Hellmig, S ^a   Hampe, J ^a   Schreiber, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 20 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAPLOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LETTER; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON;

EID: 0345096465     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.12.1799     Document Type: Letter

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