Coronary atherosclerotic burden in patients with infection by CagA-positive strains of Helicobacter pylori

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 217-221

  Niccoli, Giampaolo ^a   Franceschi, Francesco ^a   Cosentino, Nicola ^a   Giupponi, Bianca ^a   De Marco, Guido ^a   Merra, Giuseppe ^a   Conte, Micaela ^a   Montone, Rocco Antonio ^a   Ferrante, Giuseppe ^a   Bacà, Marco ^a   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^a   Silveri, Nicolò Gentiloni ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

CagA positive strains; Coronary angiography; Coronary atherosclerosis; Helicobacter pylori; Molecular mimicry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CAGA PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE B ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77952238559     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e3283399f36     Document Type: Article

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