Reflux oesophagitis and Helicobacter pylori infection in elderly patients

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 846, 1996, Pages 221-223

  Liston, R ^a,b   Pitt, M A ^a   Banerjee, A K ^a  

^a ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Reflux oesophagitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UREASE;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIC ULCER; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0029966341     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.846.221     Document Type: Article

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