Dominant cagA/vacA genotypes and coinfection frequency of H. pylori in peptic ulcer or chronic gastritis patients in Zhejiang Province and correlations among different genotypes, coinfection and severity of the diseases

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 460-467

  Chen, Xue Jun ^a   Yan, Jie ^a   Shen, Yue Fang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori genotype; Peptic ulcer

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIC ULCER;

EID: 16344395940     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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