Helicobacter pylori infection in epileptic patients

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-152

  Ozturk, Ayhan ^a   Ozturk, C Elif ^a   Ozdemirli, Burcu ^a   Yucel, Muhterem ^a   Bahçebaşi, Talat ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic epilepsy; Helicobacter pylori infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; EPILEPSY; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846846195     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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