Helicobacter pylori in Egyptian patients with fibromyalgia syndrome

Autor: Mohammad El-Arman, Shereen Mohamed Olama
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: The Egyptian Rheumatologist. 35(3):167-173
ISSN: 1110-1164
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2013.01.004
Popis: Helicobacter pylori infection has been associated with digestive and rheumatic diseases. Aim of the work: to investigate the prevalence of H. pylori in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), to determine the relationship between these two diseases.Patients and methodsThe present study was a cross-sectional descriptive study, 100 female patients with primary FMS, and 100 healthy females to serve as control group were included. Serum samples were tested for the presence of anti-H. pylori antibodies by using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique.ResultsThe prevalence of H. Pylori IgG antibody of the patients was significantly higher than the control group (68 PFMS, 32 controls p
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