Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with liver cirrhosis: Facts and fictions

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-205

  Zullo, A ^a   Hassan, C ^a   Morini, S ^a  

^a NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Helicobacter pylori; Hepatic encephalopathy; Peptic ulcer

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMMONIA; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CLARITHROMYCIN; DISACCHARIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; LACTULOSE; LANSOPRAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; UREASE; ANTIULCER AGENT;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA FORMATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE LIVER FUNCTION RELATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERADICATION THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH EROSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA BREATH TEST; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COMBINATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AMMONIA; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; OMEPRAZOLE; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0141768247     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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