Severe gastritis in the Peruvian Andes

Histopathology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 374-379

  Recavarren Arce, S ^a   Ramirez Ramos, A ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^c,g   Chinga Alayo, E ^d   Watanabe Yamamoto, J ^e   Rodriguez Ulloa, C ^e   Miyagui, J ^e   Passaro, D J ^f   Eza, D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^e Secretario General de la Asociación Peruana para el estudio del Hígado Unidad de Hígado del Policlínico Peruano Japonés   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GERMINAL CENTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEA LEVEL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BIOPSY; CARDIA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PYLORIC ANTRUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 17144383986     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02102.x     Document Type: Article

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