Do tonsils represent an extragastric reservoir for Helicobacter pylori infection? [3]

Journal of Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-222

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOPSY; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; TONSIL;

EID: 0034899105     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2001.0815     Document Type: Editorial

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