Does Helicobacter pylori protect children from reflux disease? [1]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-216

  Elitsur, Yoram ^a   Durst, Paul ^a   Lawrence, Zandra ^a   Rewalt, Mary ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERADICATION THERAPY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38349151327     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000248002.88322.43     Document Type: Letter

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