Which Helicobacter pylori-positive dyspeptics are likely to respond symptomatically to empirical H. pylori eradication?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-268

  Asante, Maxwell A ^a   Mendall, Michael A ^a   Northfield, Timothy C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Helicobacter pylori; Peptic ulcer

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DYSPEPSIA; ERADICATION THERAPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 0031946795     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199803000-00014     Document Type: Article

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