Frequency of Helicobacter pylori infection in dyspeptic patients in Libya

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1261-1265

  Bakka, Asim S ^a   El Gariani, Anis B ^b   AbouGhrara, Fouzi M ^a   Salih, Barik A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b El Jamahiria Hospital   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036815922     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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