Detection of Helicobacter pylori in nasal polyps: Preliminary report

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 192-195

  Cvorovic, Ljiljana ^a,b   Brajovic, Dana ^a   Strbac, Mile ^a   Milutinovic, Zoran ^a   Cvorovic, Vojkan ^a  

^a University Hospital Zemun   (Serbia)

^b University Hospital Zemun   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Helicobacter pylori; Nasal polyps; Reflux gastroesophageal

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCHA BULLOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GIEMSA STAIN; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL POLYPS; TURBINATES; UREASE;

EID: 49149098352     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2008.0037     Document Type: Article

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