Detection of genomic Helicobacter pylori DNA in the blood of patients positive for the infection

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 839-840

  Dore, M P ^a   Realdi, G ^a   Sepulveda, A R ^b   Graham, D Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S; PRIMER DNA;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; STOMACH BIOPSY; UREA BREATH TEST; BACTERIAL GENOME; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 1542703785     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00450-X     Document Type: Letter

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