Association between histological diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori and coronary heart disease: Results of a retrospective study

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 413-417

  Basili, Stefania ^a,b   Vieri, Marco ^a   Di Lecce, V N ^a   Maccioni, D ^a   Marmifero, M ^a   Paradiso, M ^a   Labbadia, G ^a   Spada, S ^a   Cordova, C ^a   Alessandri, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Histology; Ischemic heart disease; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH;

EID: 0032195913     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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