Helicobacter pylori seropositivity in patients with severe neurologic impairment

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-117

  Kimura, Akihiko ^a   Matsubasa, Tadashi ^a   Kinoshita, Hirotoshi ^a   Kuriya, Norikazu ^b   Yamashita, Yasuhiro ^b   Fujisawa, Takuji ^b   Terakura, Hirotsugu ^c   Shinohara, Makoto ^a  

^a Ashikita Institution for Developmental Disabilities   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Institutionalized patients; Prevalence; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033052768     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(98)00086-2     Document Type: Article

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