Editorial: Dyspepsia, peptic ulcer, and H. pylori: A remembrance of things past

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 572-574

  Vakil, Nimish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR;

DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; ITALY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77749245881     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.709     Document Type: Review

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