Helicobacter pylori colonization in infants and young children is not necessarily associated with diarrhoea

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 283-287

  Rahman, M M ^a,b,d   Mahalanabis, D ^a   Sarker, S A ^a   Bardhan, P K ^a   Alvarez, J O ^b   Hildebrand, P ^c   Beglinger, C ^c   Gyr, Klaus ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BANGLADESH; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031751484     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.5.283     Document Type: Article

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