Could Helicobacter pylori infection increase the risk of coronary heart disease by modifying serum lipid concentrations?

Heart

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 573-575

  Niemelä, Seppo ^a,b   Karttunen, Tuomo ^a   Korhonen, Taina ^a   Läärä, Esa ^a   Karttunen, Riitta ^a   Ikäheimo, Markku ^a   Kesäniemi, Y Antero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Helicobacter pylori; Serum lipids

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 0029955549     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.75.6.573     Document Type: Article

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