Associations between the plasticity region genes of Helicobacter pylori and gastroduodenal diseases in a high-prevalence area

Gut and Liver

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-350

  Yakoob, Javed ^a   Abbas, Zaigham ^a   Naz, Shagufta ^a   Islam, Muhammad ^a   Abid, Shahab ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Duodenal ulcer; Gastric carcinoma; Gastric ulcer; Helicobacter pylori; Hyperplasticity region

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTRODUODENAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASTICITY REGION GENE; JHP0940 BACTERIAL GENE; JHP0947 BACTERIAL GENE; JHP0986 BACTERIAL GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREVALENCE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 77957577246     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2010.4.3.345     Document Type: Article

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