Beneficial effects of Helicobacter pylori eradication on idiopathic chronic urticaria

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1226-1229

  Di Campli, Cristiana ^a   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^a,b   Nucera, Eleonora ^a   Franceschi, Francesco ^a   Ojetti, Veronica ^a   Torre, Elena Sanz ^a   Schiavino, Domenico ^a   Pola, Paolo ^a   Patriarca, Giampiero ^a   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

H. pylori; Idiopathic chronic urticaria; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; LANSOPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REMISSION;

AGED; BREATH TESTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URTICARIA;

EID: 0031776308     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018851623109     Document Type: Article

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