Helicobacter pylori infection at a university hospital in Saudi Arabia: Prevalence, comparison of diagnostic modalities and endoscopic findings

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-185

  Akbar, Daad H ^a   Eltahawy, Ahmed Tarif Abdelaleem ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endoscopic findings; Helicobacter pylori; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; UREASE;

EID: 33746038966     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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