Relationship between Helicobacter pylori virulence genes and clinical outcomes in Saudi patients

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-193

  Marie, Mohammed Ali M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

cagA; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Peptic ulcer; vacA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; VACA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857134518     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2012.27.2.190     Document Type: Article

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