Follow-up care after a diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in an Asian immigrant cohort

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-32

  Cho, Alex ^a,f   Chaudhry, Amina ^b   Minsky Primus, Lisa ^c   Tso, Alan ^d   Perez Perez, Guillermo ^e   Diehl, David L ^e   Marcus, Stuart G ^e   Gany, Francesca M ^e  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Charles B Wang Community Health Center   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Center for Health Services Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Immigrant health; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STOMACH CANCER; AGED; ASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; ETHNOLOGY; GASTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ASIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644976248     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000190755.33373.f9     Document Type: Article

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