Role of the Lewis and ABO Blood Group Antigens in Helicobacter pylori Infection

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 17-21

  Keramati, Mohammad Reza ^a   Sadeghian, Mohammad Hadi ^b   Aayatollahi, Hosein ^c   Badiee, Zahra ^c   Shakkibbayi, Hosein ^d   Mmoghimir Roudi, Ali ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Khorasan Blood Transfusion Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

ABO blood groups; Blood group antigens; Helicobacter pylori; Lewis blood group; Secretor blood group

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP O; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; IRAN; IRANIAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84863852000     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: 21804303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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