Frequency of Helicobacter pylori in gastroscopic biopsy of Ugandan Africans

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 691-693

  Wabinga, H R ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BIOPSY; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA;

EID: 0030254841     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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