Nutritional status of Helicobacter pylori-infected children in Guatemala as compared with uninfected peers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 395-398

  Quiñonez, Jorge M ^a   Chew, Francisco ^b   Torres, Olga ^b   Bégué, Rodolfo E ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Institute of Nutrition of Central American and Panama   (Guatemala)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GUATEMALA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0344117564     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.395     Document Type: Article

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