Prevalence and risk factors for Helicobacter pylori infection among Yemeni dyspeptic patients

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 512-517

  Gunaid, Abdallah A ^a   Hassan, Nageeb A ^a   Murray Lyon, Iain ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BIOPSY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; YEMEN;

ADULT; AGED; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YEMEN;

EID: 0037678461     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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