Helicobacter pylori infection and growth delay in older children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-49

  Perri, Francesco ^a   Pastore, Maria ^a   Leandro, Gioacchino ^c   Clemente, Rocco ^a   Ghoos, Yvo ^b   Peeters, Marc ^b   Annese, Vito ^a   Quitadamo, Michèle ^a   Latiano, Anna ^a   Rutgeerts, Paul ^b   Andriulli, Angelo ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth; Height; Helicobacter pylori; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 8544245714     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.1.46     Document Type: Article

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