Possible absence of Helicobacter pylori in the early stages of duodenal ulceration

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 749-752

  Boulos, P B ^a   Botha, A ^a   Hobsley, M ^a,b   Holton, J ^a   Oshowo, A O ^a   Tovey, F I ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036843084     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/95.11.749     Document Type: Article

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