Relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and multiple sclerosis

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 351-354

  Gavalas, Emmanuel ^a   Kountouras, Jannis ^a   Boziki, Marina ^b   Zavos, Christos ^a   Polyzos, Stergios A ^a   Vlachaki, Efthymia ^a   Venizelos, Ioannis ^a   Tsiptsiosc, Dimitrios ^c   Deretzic, Georgia ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disorders; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Multiple sclerosis; Neurodegenerative disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM ULCER; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 84931471342     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: 17927463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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