An association between sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and Helicobacter pylori infection

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 429-434

  Kerr, J R ^a   Al Khattaf, A ^a   Barson, A J ^a   Burnie, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUNG; NEWBORN; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TRACHEA;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TRACHEA;

EID: 0033761544     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.83.5.429     Document Type: Article

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