Helicobacter pylori virulence factors and their role in peptic ulcer diseases in Turkey

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-238

  Tuncel, I E ^a   Hussein, N R ^b   Bolek, B K ^a   Arikan, S ^c   Salih, B A ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Istanbul Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caga; Dupa; H. pylori; Vaca; Vaca i region

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; DUPA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; DUPA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; VACA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH CANCER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH ANTRUM; VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PYLORIC ANTRUM; TURKEY; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956644917     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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