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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Immunoblot assay for detection of salivary antibodies directed against Helicobacter pylori
  1. S KARVAR,
  2. W BURGHARDT
  1. U GROSS
  1. Internal Medicine Clinic
  2. Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology,
  3. University of Würzburg,
  4. Josef-Schneider Strasse 2,
  5. D-97080 Würzburg, Germany

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.42.6.899-c

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    Editor,—The study by Reilly et al(Gut 1997;40:454–8) showing that analysing saliva for the presence of Helicobacter pylori specific antibodies might be useful for diagnosis is interesting and prompted us to investigate the H pylori specific antibody response of the IgA and IgG class in serum and saliva using the immunoblot assay in 90 patients with chronic gastritis who underwent gastroscopy. H pylori carrier status was defined …

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