Seroconversion of Helicobacter pylori in Korean male employees

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1021-1027

  Kim, Nayoung ^a,b   Lim, Seon Hee ^b   Lee, Kye Heui ^c   Kim, Jung Mogg ^d   Cho, Sung Il ^e   Jung, Hyun Chae ^b   Song, In Sung ^b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Public Corporation   (South Korea)

^d Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Prevalence; Seroconversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 24744454341     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520510015917     Document Type: Article

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