Frequency of Helicobacter pylori antibodies in porto-systemic encephalopathy

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 530-533

  Sethar, Gul Hassan ^b   Ahmed, Raeefuddin ^b,c   Zuberi, Bader Faiyaz ^a   Afsar, Salahuddin ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c 96 BYJ Society   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Helicobacter pylori; Porto systemic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN;

EID: 5044248786     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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