The prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection in western Romania

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-18

  Sporea, Ioan ^a   Popescu, Alina ^a   Van Blankenstein, Mark ^b   Şirli, Roxana ^a   Focşa, Mircea ^a   Dǎnilǎ, Mirela ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Helicobacter Pylori; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; ROMANIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; ROMANIA;

EID: 0037360542     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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