Helicobacter pylori may play a contributory role in the pathogenesis of primary sclerosing cholangitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2265-2270

  Krasinskas, Alyssa M ^a,c   Yao, Yuan ^a   Randhawa, Parmjeet ^a   Dore, Maria P ^b   Sepulveda, Antonia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Liver explant; Microdissection; Polymerase chain reaction; Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE REFLUX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BIOPSY; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 34547830305     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9803-7     Document Type: Article

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