Eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection equally improves chronic urticaria with positive and negative autologous serum skin test

Helicobacter

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 567-571

  Magen, Eli ^a   Mishal, Joseph ^a   Schlesinger, Menachem ^a   Scharf, Shimon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Eradication; Helicobacter pylori; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CARBON 13; CLARITHROMYCIN; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA BREATH TEST; URTICARIA ACTIVITY SCORE;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMEPRAZOLE; SKIN TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 34548169366     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2007.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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