Helicobacter pylori infection among dyspeptic patients at a tertiary hospital in Northern Nigeria

Internet Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Mustapha, S K ^a   Pindiga, U H ^a   Yusuph, H ^a   Goni, B W ^a   Jibrin, Y B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Medical Centre Gombe   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Endoscopy; Helicobacter pylori; Northern Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GIEMSA STAIN; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80054750817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15288366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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