Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori and endoscopic findings in HIV seropositive patients with upper gastrointestinal tract symptoms at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 226-231

  Alimohamed, F ^a   Lule, G N ^a   Nyong'o, A ^a   Bwayo, J ^a   Rana, F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOGY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KENYA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; STOMACH MUCOSA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036587503     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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