Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on the outcome of reflux esophagitis and chronic gastritis in the elderly: A randomized, multicenter, eight-month study

Gerontology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-106

  Pilotto, Alberto ^a   Perri, Francesco ^a   Leandro, Gioacchino ^b   Franceschi, Marilisa ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Esophagitis; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Pantoprazole

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON 13; CLARITHROMYCIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; UREA BREATH TEST;

2-PYRIDINYLMETHYLSULFINYLBENZIMIDAZOLES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; OMEPRAZOLE; SULFOXIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644638953     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090955     Document Type: Article

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