Helicobacter Pylori: Prevalence and relationship with abdominal pain in school children in makkah city, western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-103

  Telmesani, Abdulwahab M A ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Children; H. pylori; Saudi Arabia; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; UREA BREATH TEST;

EID: 64149111535     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.45359     Document Type: Article

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