Blood group O and vWf expression may be involved in development of peptic ulcer disease secondary to Helicobacter pylori infection

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-339

  Corcoran, P A ^a   McGuane, D E ^a   McGrath, A M ^a   Burke, C M ^a   Byrne, M F ^a  

^a Castleknock Community College   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP O; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; O ANTIGENS; PEPTIC ULCER; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 67649618684     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.10.038     Document Type: Article

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