Distribution of Helicobacter pylori virulence markers in patients with gastroduodenal diseases in Pakistan

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Yakoob, Javed ^a   Abid, Shahab ^a   Abbas, Zaigham ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a   Ahmad, Zubair ^b   Ahmed, Rashida ^b   Islam, Muhammad ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; VACUOLATING TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; VACA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH ULCER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ALLELE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRULENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549131609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-9-87     Document Type: Article

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