Helicobacter pylori and gastroduodenal pathology: New threats of the old friend

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ahmed, Niyaz ^a   Sechi, Leonardo A ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; VACA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MIGRATION; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PEPTIC ULCER; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SYMBIOSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR; VIRULENCE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PEPTIC ULCER; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 26044449529     PISSN: 14760711     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-4-1     Document Type: Review

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