Prevalence of helicobacter pylori antibodies in endoscopy personnel and non-medical volunteers of Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 201-203

  Abbas, Zaigham ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^b   Khan, Abdul Haleem ^b   Shah, Mashoor Alam ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0032106812     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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