Helicobacter pylori prevalence in dyspeptic patients in the Eastern Cape Province - race and disease status

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 734-737

  Tanih, N F ^a   Okeleye, B I ^a   Ndip, L M ^b   Clarke, A M ^a   Naidoo, N ^c   Mkwetshana, N ^a   Green, E ^a   Ndip, R N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b Faculty of Science   (South Africa)

^c Livingstone Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLMM GENE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH ULCER; PREVALENCE; STOMACH;

DYSPEPSIA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STOMACH;

EID: 78649235077     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4041     Document Type: Article

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