Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in a group of morbidly obese Saudi patients undergoing bariatric surgery: A preliminary report

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 264-267

  Al Akwaa, Ahmad ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Helicobacter pylori; morbid Saudi obese patients; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBID OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957744901     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.70610     Document Type: Article

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