Polymerase chain reaction in the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-156

  Yakoob, Javed ^a   Jafri, Nadim ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a   Zaman, Sara ^b   Bian, Lim Chuan ^b   Islam, Muhammad ^a   Hussainy, Akbar S ^a   Zaman, Viqar ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

16S rRNA PCR; Duodenal ulcer; Gastric ulcer; Gastritis; H. pylori; Histology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3142755433     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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