Rosacea: A cutaneous marker of Helicobacter pylori infection? Results of a pilot study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 282-286

  Diaz, Camilo ^a   O'Callaghan, Chris J ^b,c   Khan, Azra ^d   Ilchyshyn, Andrew ^e  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C urea breath test; ELISA; Helicobacter pylori; Rosacea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULOSIS; ROSACEA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELANGIECTASIA; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CLINICAL TRIALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; ROSACEA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UREA;

EID: 0043172286     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550310016544     Document Type: Article

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