Upper gastrointestinal findings in diabetic outpatients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 232-236

  Wafula, J M ^a   Lule, G N ^a   Otieno, C F ^a   Nyong'o, A ^a   Sayed, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE REFLUX; BIOPSY; BREATH ANALYSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUODENITIS; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0036587227     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v79i5.8859     Document Type: Article

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