Diagnosis and treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection among California Medicare patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 994-998

  Roll, Joseph ^a,b   Weng, Amy ^a   Newman, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a California Medical Review Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MISOPROSTOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR; SUCRALFATE; TETRACYCLINE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030964478     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.9.994     Document Type: Article

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