The management of helicobacter pylori infection in primary care: Guidelines from the ESPCG

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 98-104

  Rubin, Greg P ^a   Meineche Schmidt, Villy ^b   Roberts, Anthony P ^c   Childs, Susan M ^d   De Wit, Niek J ^e  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Grey Towers Court   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

guideline; Helicobacter pylori; primary care; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001902493     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814789909094271     Document Type: Article

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