cagA and vacA in strains of Helicobacter pylori from ulcer and non-ulcerative dyspepsia patients

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Faundez, Gustavo ^a   Troncoso, Miriam ^a   Figueroa, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; VACUOLATING TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; VACA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPEPSIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DYSPEPSIA; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PEPTIC ULCER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2942584001     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-2-20     Document Type: Article

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