Helicobacter pylori is not a determinant factor of persistent diarrhoea or malnutrition in Peruvian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 537-539

  Castro Rodríguez, José A ^a,c   León Barúa, Raúl ^a   Penny, Mary ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhoea; Children; Helicobacter pylori; Malnutrition; Persistent diarrhoea; Peru

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMALL INTESTINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032722968     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90372-3     Document Type: Article

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