Gastric cancer and Helicobacter Pylori infection in the Eastern Libya: A descriptive epidemiological study

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-88

  Elzouki, Abdel Naser Y ^a   Buhjab, Soad I ^b   Alkialani, Akram ^b   Habel, Salah ^c   Sasco, Annie J ^d  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c OMAR AL MUKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE CARCINOMA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LIBYA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866294876     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: 20902387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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