High frequency of ulcers, not associated with Helicobacter pylori, in the stomach in the first year after kidney transplantation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 727-732

  Telkes, Gabor ^a   Peter, Antal ^a   Tulassay, Zsolt ^b   Asderakis, Argiris ^c  

^a Transplantation and Surgical Clinic   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endoscopy; Helicobacter pylori; kidney transplantation; ulcer disease; upper gastrointestinal tract

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ULCER; UREMIA;

FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH ULCER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79551505293     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq401     Document Type: Article

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