Helicobacter pylori infection is not a correlate of plasma fibrinogen in the Australian population

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-44

  Peach, H G ^a   Bath, N E ^a   Farish, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Fibrinogen; H. pylori

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033003327     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1999.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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