The evaluation of vacA gene alleles frequency in Helicobacter pylori strains in children and adults in Podlaskie region

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-219

  Maciorkowska, Elzbieta ^a   Roszko, Izabela ^a   Kowalczuk, Oksana ^a   Kaczmarski, Maciej ^a   Chyczewski, Lech ^a   Kemona, Andrzej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allele; Helicobacter pylori; Vac A

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; URBAN AREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 35548990105     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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