Absence of Helicobacter pylori in tonsillar swabs from dyspeptic patients

New Microbiologica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 445-448

  Di Bonaventura, G ^a   Catamo, G ^a   Neri, M ^a   Neri, G ^a   Piccolomini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Tonsils; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; TONSIL;

ADULT; AGED; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; TONSIL;

EID: 0034304257     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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