Tonsillar colonization is unlikely to play important role in Helicobacter pylori infection in children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 585-590

  Jelavic, Boris ^a   Bevanda, Miljenko ^a   Ostojic, Maja ^a   Leventic, Miro ^a   Vasilj, Mirjana ^a   Knezevic, Ervin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Children; Helicobacter pylori; Risk factors; Tonsils

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 33847348061     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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