Helicobacter pylori in gastroduodenal diseases

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-34

  Lawal, Oladejo O ^a,b,c   Rotimi, Olorunda ^a,c   Okeke, Iruka ^a,b  

^a Obafemi Awolowo University ^*

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Endoscopy; Helicobacter pylori; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DUODENAL DISEASES; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 33846621171     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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