Fall in the prevalence of chronic gastritis over 15 years: Analysis of outpatient series in Finland from 1977, 1985, and 1992

Gut

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1167-1171

  Sipponen, P ^a   Helske, T ^a   Jarvinen P ^a   Hyvarinen H ^a   Seppala K ^b   Siurala, M ^b  

^a JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028041118     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.35.9.1167     Document Type: Article

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