Further evidence of ethnic and gender differences for Helicobacter pylori infection among endoscoped patients

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1226-1232

  Sasidharan, S ^a,b   Uyub, A M ^a   Azlan, A A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Endoscopy; Ethnic groups; Helicobacter pylori; Malaysia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENITIS; DUODENOSCOPY; DYSPEPSIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; GRAM STAINING; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; INFECTION RATE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DUODENITIS; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STOMACH ULCER; YOUNG ADULT;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 54949159109     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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