Occurrence of serum class G immunoglobulins interacting with specific antigens of Helicobacter pylori in patients with unstable coronary artery disease and in symptomless individuals

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-225

  Rechciński, Tomasz ^a,c   Grȩbowska, Aneta ^b   Kurpesa, Małgorzata ^a   Rudnicka, Wiesława ^b   Krzemińska Pakuła, Maria ^a   Chmiela, Magdalena ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c Medical University of Lodz Bieganski Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; H. pylori; Immunity; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAGA PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTICAL DENSITY; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UREASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 25844440567     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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