An association between Helicobacter pylori and upper respiratory tract disease: Fact or fiction?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1470-1484

  Kariya, Shin ^a   Okano, Mitsuhiro ^a   Nishizaki, Kazunori ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenoid; Cancer; Ear; Larynx; Oral cavity; Paranasal sinus; Pharynx; Upper respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

ADENOID HYPERTROPHY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; NONHUMAN; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID UREASE TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SINUSITIS; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH ULCER; TONSILLITIS; ADENOID; ANIMAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HYPERPLASIA; LARYNX; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINITIS;

ADENOIDS; ANIMALS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LARYNX; MOUTH DISEASES; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 84893759822     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i6.1470     Document Type: Article

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