Prevalence of cagA in relation to clinical presentation of Helicobacter pylori infection in Egypt

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 730-733

  Said Essa, Abdallah ^a,b   Alaa Eldeen Nouh, Mohammed ^a,b   Mohammed Ghaniam, Naglaa ^a,b   Graham, David Y ^a,b   Said Sabry, Hany ^a,b  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPEPSIA; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DYSPEPSIA; EGYPT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50549097944     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802023725     Document Type: Article

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