Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in children less than three years of age in health facilities in Nairobi province

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 471-477

  Langat, A C ^a,b   Ogutu, E ^b   Kamenwa, R ^c   Simiyu, D E ^b  

^a Department of Paediatrics and Child Health ^*  (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249853892     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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