Correlation between Helicobacter pylori infection and systemic sclerosis activity

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1784-1785

  Radić, Mislav ^a   Kaliterna, Dušanka Martinović ^a   Bonacin, Damir ^a   Vergles, Jadranka Morović ^b   Radić, Josipa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77955738018     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq137     Document Type: Letter

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