Detection of identical Helicobacter DNA in the stomach and in the non-cirrhotic liver of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1171-1174

  Verhoef, Cornells ^a   Pot, Raymond G J ^a   De Man, Rob A ^a   Zondervan, Pieter E ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Ijzermans, Jan N M ^a   Kusters, Johannes G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Helicobacter species; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Non cirrhotic liver; Stomach

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; DNA FRAGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOMACH;

EID: 0842266472     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200311000-00004     Document Type: Article

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