Should we eradicate Helicobacter pylori in non-ulcer dyspepsia?

Gut

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 758-759

  Pantoflickova, D ^a   Blum, Al ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; ERADICATION THERAPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL TRIALS; DYSPEPSIA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034997344     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.48.6.758     Document Type: Short Survey

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