Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among new outpatients with dyspepsia in Kuwait

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Alazmi, Waleed M ^a   Siddique, Iqbal ^a   Alateeqi, Nabeel ^a   Al Nakib, Basil ^a  

^a AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UREA BREATH TEST; COMORBIDITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951898636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-10-14     Document Type: Article

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