Can Helicobacter pylori infection prevent allergic asthma?

Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Vakil, Nimish ^a,b  

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

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; NOTE;

EID: 77955702618     PISSN: 1533001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3909/rigd.0341     Document Type: Note

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