Helicobacter pylori infection in 1st degree relatives of Chinese gastric cancer patients

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-279

  Leung, Wai K ^a   Ng, Enders K W ^a   Lam, Candice C H ^a   Chan, Kui Fat ^a   Chan, Wing Y ^a   Auyeung, Alex C M ^a   Wu, Justin C Y ^a   Ching, Jessica Y L ^a   Lau, James Y W ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Family; H. pylori; Relatives; Stomach cancer; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SIBLING; STOMACH CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOPSY; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644592804     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520510024269     Document Type: Article

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