Helicobacter pylori infection in desert storm troops

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 979-982

  Taylor, David N ^a   Sanchez, José L ^a   Smoak, Bonnie L ^a   DeFraites, Robert ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARMY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030830817     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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