High seroprevalence of IgG against Helicobacter pylori among endoscopists in Taiwan

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1571-1576

  Su, Yu Chung ^a   Wang, Wen Ming ^a   Chen, Li Tzong ^a   Chiang, Wen ^a   Chen, Chang Yi ^a   Lu, Sheng Nan ^a   Jan, Chang Ming ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; TAIWAN; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0029838086     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02087902     Document Type: Article

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