Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in patients with gastritis and peptic ulcer in Western Nigeria

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 60, Issue 235, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Smith, S I ^a   Oyedeji, K S ^a   Arigbabu, O ^b   Anomneze, E E ^c   Chibututu, C C ^c   Atimomo, C E ^d   Atoyebi, O A ^d   Adesanya, A A ^d   Coker, A O ^d  

^a NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^c Mt Pleasant Med/Endoscopy Clinics   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Culture; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033246422     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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