Prevalence of non-organ-specific autoantibodies in patients suffering from duodenal ulcer with and without Helicobacter pylori infection

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 395-398

  Pellicano, Rinaldo ^a,b   Touscoz, Giovanni Antonio ^a   Smedile, Antonina ^a   Berrutti, Mara ^a   Saracco, Giorgio ^a   Repici, Alessandro ^a   Ponzetto, Antonio ^a   Rizzetto, Mario ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ambulatori di Gastro Epatologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Helicobacter pylori; Peptic ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUODENUM ULCER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; KIDNEY MICROSOME; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 1842608671     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000020491.78450.82     Document Type: Article

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