Does regular garlic intake affect the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in asymptomatic subjects?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 842-845

  Salih, Barik A ^a   Abasiyanik, Fatih M ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING HABIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; GARLIC; GENDER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GARLIC; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY;

EID: 0141481000     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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