Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in children (south of Iran)

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-261

  Alborzi, Abdolvahab ^a   Soltani, Jafar ^a   Pourabbas, Bahman ^a   Oboodi, Barat ^a   Haghighat, Mahmood ^b   Hayati, Masoumeh ^a   Rashidi, Mahmood ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Helicobacter pylori; Infection; Iran; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33645855233     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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