Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and helicobacter pylori: Can they be cause of thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic liver disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1171-1172

  Savarino, Edoardo ^a   Assandri, Lorenzo ^a   Giannini, Edoardo G ^a   Savarino, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAXIMIN;

BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; RIFAMYCINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957995047     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.106     Document Type: Letter

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