Seroepidemiological study of Helicobacter pylori infection in infancy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 74, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Ashorn, Merja ^a   Miettinen, Ari ^a   Ruuska, Tarja ^a   Laippala, Pekka ^b   Mäki, Markku ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cord blood antibodies; Helicobacter pylori; Maternal seropositivity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FINLAND; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FINLAND; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029986616     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.74.2.f141     Document Type: Article

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