Effects of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields on helicobacter pylori biofilm

Current Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 412-418

  Di Campli, Emanuela ^a   Di Bartolomeo, Soraya ^a   Grande, Rossella ^a   Di Giulio, Mara ^a   Cellini, Luigina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BIOFILMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 77955501597     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-009-9558-9     Document Type: Article

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