Helicobacter pylori infection and peptic ulcer disease in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Bourke, Billy ^b   Jones, Nicola ^b   Sherman, Philip ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

children; gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; intestine; ulcers

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BISMUTH; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTOTOXIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OMEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE; SOMATOSTATIN; TETRACYCLINE; UREASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUODENUM ULCER; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030044396     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199601000-00002     Document Type: Review

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