Helicobacter pylori - dependent intragastric urea biodegradation in children: Diagnostic and pathogenetic importance

Pediatrics International

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 122-130

  Nijevitch, Alexander A ^a  

^a Children's Republican Hospital Ufa   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Children; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Urea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH JUICE;

ADOLESCENT; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; UREA;

EID: 0031956020     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1998.tb01895.x     Document Type: Article

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