Dyspepsia Symptoms and Helicobacter pylori Infection, Nakuru, Kenya

Autor: Haim Shmuely, Samson Obure, Douglas J. Passaro, Galia Abuksis, Jacob Yahav, Gerald Fraser, Silvio Pitlik, Yaron Niv
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 9, Pp 1103-1107 (2003)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid0909.020374
Popis: The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection was studied in 138 patients with dyspepsia in a hospital in Nakuru, Kenya, and in 138 asymptomatic sex- and age-matched controls from the same population. Anti–H. pylori immunoglobulin (Ig) G was more prevalent in dyspeptic than asymptomatic persons (71% vs. 51%), particularly those
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