Lack of association of coronary artery disease with H.pylori infection

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1370-1373

  Al Nozha, Mansour M ^a   Khalil, Mohamed Z ^a   Al Mofleh, Ibrahim A ^a   Al Ghamdi, Abdullah S ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; THALLIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0347597820     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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