Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection, chronic gastritis, and intestinal metaplasia in Mozambican dyspeptic patients

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 454, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-160

  Carrilho, Carla ^a,b   Modcoicar, Prassad ^b   Cunha, Lina ^b   Ismail, Mamudo ^a,b   Guisseve, Acucena ^a   Lorenzoni, Cesaltina ^a,b   Fernandes, Fabiola ^a,b   Peleteiro, Bárbara ^c,d   Almeida, Raquel ^c,d   Figueiredo, Céu ^c,d   David, Leonor ^c,d   Lunet, Nuno ^c,d  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

African enigma; Chronic gastritis; Helicobacter pylori infection; Intestinal metaplasia; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; ATROPHY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 59849118857     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0713-7     Document Type: Article

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