How labile is gastric infection with H pylori?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 4665-4668

  Hobsley, M ^a   Tovey, Frank I ^a,b   Holton, J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversion; H pylori; Lability of infection; Reversion; Serology

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE;

BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PH; UREA BREATH TEST;

EID: 34648825036     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i35.4665     Document Type: Editorial

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