Is there a link between chronic Helicobacter pylori infection and coronary heart disease?

European Journal of Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 164, Issue 582, 1998, Pages 27-31

  Danesh, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0032216786     PISSN: 1102416X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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