Natural history of Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood: 12-year follow-up cohort study in a biracial community

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-282

  Malaty, Hoda M ^a,b   Graham, David Y ^a,b   Wattigney, Wendy A ^a,b   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^a,b   Osato, Michael ^a,b   Berenson, Gerald S ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REINFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0033008114     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515105     Document Type: Article

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