Is Helicobacter pylori really present in the adenoids of children?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 262, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 987-992

  Bitar, Mohamed A ^a   Soweid, Assaad ^a   Mahfouz, Rami ^a   Zaatari, Ghazi ^a   Fuleihan, Nabil ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Adenoids; Helicobacter pylori; Polymerase chain reaction; Rapid urease test

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; GIEMSA STAIN; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UREASE;

EID: 29144524591     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-005-0926-1     Document Type: Article

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