Assessing the risks and benefits of treating Helicobacter pylori infection

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 141-147

  Hung, Ivan F N ^a   Wong, Benjamin C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

DUODENUM ULCER; EDITORIAL; ERADICATION THERAPY; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PEPTIC ULCER; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 77953472651     PISSN: 1756283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756283X08100279     Document Type: Editorial

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