Frequency of Helicobacter pylori vacA genotypes in Iranian patients with gastric and duodenal ulcer

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 204-208

  Salari, M H ^a   Shirazi, M H ^a   Hadaiti, M Ahmmadi ^a   Daryani, N Abrahimi ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Duodenal ulcer; Frequency; Gastric ulcer; Genotypes; Helicobacter pylori; Iranian patients; vacA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER; TISSUE CULTURE; VACA GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449521471     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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