Helicobacter pylori infection - A Boon or a Bane: Lessons from studies in a low-prevalence population

Helicobacter

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 338-346

  Lee, Yeong Yeh ^a   Mahendra Raj, Sundramoorthy ^b   Graham, David Y ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Pantai Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Causes; Consequences; Helicobacter pylori; Low prevalence; Malays; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MALAYSIA; PEPTIC ULCER; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRECANCER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; SANITATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH CANCER;

CAUSES; CONSEQUENCES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LOW PREVALENCE; MALAYS; MALAYSIA;

HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84878115134     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hel.12058     Document Type: Review

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