vacA genotypes of Helicobacter pylori in relation to cagA status and clinical outcomes in Iranian populations

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-293

  Jafari, Fereshteh ^a   Shokrzadeh, Leila ^a   Dabiri, Hossein ^a   Baghaei, Kaveh ^a   Yamaoka, Yoshio ^b   Zojaji, Homayon ^a   Haghazali, Mehrdad ^a   Molaei, Mahsa ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAGA PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN UREC; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 48749097829     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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