Article
Association of Malaysian Helicobacter pylori virulence polymorphisms with severity of gastritis and patients' ethnicity.
Helicobacter - 1 Oct 2012
Alfizah Hanafiah, Ramelah Mohamed, Rizal Abdul M, Anwar Abdullah S, Isa Mohamed R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Polymorphisms of Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA genes do exist and may contribute to differences in H. pylori infection and gastroduodenal diseases among races in the Malaysian population. This study was conducted to characterize the polymorphisms in H. pylori cagA and vacA...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Gastritis
- Genotype
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Malaysia
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Genetic