Evidence of mother-child transmission of Helicobacter pylori infection

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 239-244

  Escobar, Mario Luis ^a,b   Kawakami, Elisabete ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Family; Helicobacter pylori; Mothers; Serologic tests

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; UREASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PEPTIC ULCER; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

EID: 16444366097     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032004000400008     Document Type: Article

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