Helicobacterpylori infection and coronary heart disease A continuously debated question

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-140

  Pellicano, R ^a   Rizzetto, M ^a   Ponzetto, A ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CORONARY DISEASE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0035379058     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: 18271898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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