Helicobacter pylori infection in children with abdominal ailments in a developing country

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 314, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 279-283

  Begue, Rodolfo E ^a,c   Gonzales, Jose L ^b   Correa Gracian, Hernan ^a   Tang, Si Chin ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Children; Helicobacter pylori; Peru

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERU; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0030727685     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199711000-00001     Document Type: Article

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