High prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Greek patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-149

  Diamantidis, Michael D ^a   Ioannidou Papagiannaki, Elizabeth ^a   Kountouras, Jannis ^a   Mandala, Eudokia ^a   Tsapournas, Georgios ^a   Frida Michailidou, Ifigenia ^a   Klonizakis, Philippos ^a   Zavos, Christos ^a   Haralambidou Vranitsa, Styliani ^a   Vlachaki, Efthymia ^a   Parapanisiou, Efthymia ^a   Klonizakis, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anti CD14; Anti CD19; Anti CD3; Anti CD34; Anti CD4; Anti CD8; Anti Helicobacter pylori IgG antibodies; Helicobacter pylori infection; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Peripheral blood flow cytometry; WHO classification of myelodysplastic syndromes

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREECE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STAINING; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH MUCOSA; UREA BREATH TEST;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 77957730733     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319629     Document Type: Article

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