Distribution of vacA alleles and cagA status of Helicobacter pylori in peptic ulcer disease and non-ulcer dyspepsia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1102-1104

  Aydin, F ^a   Kaklikkaya, N ^a   Ozgur, O ^a   Cubukcu, K ^a   Kilic, A O ^b   Tosun, I ^a   Erturk, M ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

cagA; Helicobacter pylori; Non ulcer dyspepsia; Peptic ulcer disease; vacA

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 11044234239     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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