Are endoscopic findings predictive for the presence of H. pylori infection? What about indirect histologic findings?

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 80-85

  Emami, Mohammad Hasan ^a   Taheri, Hajar ^a   Tavakoli, Hamid ^a   Esmaeili, Abbas ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Peptic ulcer; Sydney system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GIEMSA STAIN; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 34447624713     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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