Helicobacter pylori serology in elderly people: A 21-year cohort comparison in 70-year-olds and a 20-year longitudinal population study in 70-90-year-olds

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 433-436

  Gause Nilsson, Ingrid ^a   Gnarpe, Håkan ^b   Gnarpe, Judy ^b   Lundborg, Per ^a   Steen, Bertil ^a  

^a Vasa Hospital   (Sweden)

^b GÄVLE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Population study; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SWEDEN;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0031671517     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.4.433     Document Type: Article

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