Inverse associations of Helicobacter pylori with asthma and allergy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 821-827

  Chen, Yu ^a   Blaser, Martin J ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 34247547360     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.8.821     Document Type: Article

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