Relationship between vitamin B12, folate and homocysteine levels and H. Pylori infection in patients with functional dyspepsia: A cross-section study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rasool, Shahid ^a   Abid, Shahab ^a   Iqbal, Mohammad Perwaiz ^b   Mehboobali, Naseema ^b   Haider, Ghulam ^b   Jafri, Wasim ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84862202245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-206     Document Type: Article

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