Low frequency of Helicobacter DNA in benign and malignant liver tissues from Baltimore, United States

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-216

  Vivekanandan, Perumal ^a   Torbenson, Michael ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Helicobacter; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149104066     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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