Association between Helicobacter pylori infection and mild cognitive impairment

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 976-982

  Kountouras, J ^a,b   Tsolaki, M ^a   Boziki, M ^a   Gavalas, E ^a   Zavos, C ^a   Stergiopoulos, C ^a   Kapetanakis, N ^a   Chatzopoulos, D ^a   Venizelos, I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Papanikolaou Hospital ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Chronic gastritis; Endoscopy; Helicobacter pylori; Histologic analysis; Mild cognitive impairment; Molecular mimicry

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BIOPSY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548140460     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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