Role of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and helicobacter pylori infection in chronic spontaneous Urticaria: A prospective analysis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-164

  Campanati, Anna ^a   Gesuita, Rosaria ^a   Gianoni, Melania ^a   Piracini, Francesca ^a   Sandroni, Lucia ^a   Martina, Emanuela ^a   Conochiari, Luca ^a   Bendia, Emanuele ^a   di Sario, Antonio ^a   Offidani, Annamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic spontaneous urticaria; Helicobacter pylori; Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; UREA BREATH TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

EID: 84875063842     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1373     Document Type: Article

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