Giardia lamblia infection in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia: A prospective study

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1941-1944

  Grazioli, Barbara ^a   Matera, Giovanni ^a   Laratta, Contanza ^a   Schipani, Giuseppina ^a   Guarnieri, Giovanni ^a   Spniniello, Ester ^a   Imeneo, Maria ^a   Amorosi, Andrea ^a   Focà, Alfredo ^a   Luzza, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Giardiasis; H pylori; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; LACTOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; TROPHOZOITE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33645968386     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i12.1941     Document Type: Article

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