The individual and joint contributions of Helicobacter pylori infection and family history to the risk for peptic ulcer disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1124-1127

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Bode, Günter ^a   Adler, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031969770     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517410     Document Type: Article

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