Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in chagasic and nonchagasic patients from the same geographical region of Brazil

INTRODUCTION: In this study, we evaluated the seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among chagasic and non-chagasic subjects as well as among the subgroups of chagasic patients with the indeterminate, cardiac, digestive, and cardiodigestive clinical forms. METHODS: The evaluated subjects w...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Machado Fonseca, Dulciene Maria de Magalhães Queiroz, Andreia Maria Camargos Rocha, Aluízio Prata, Eduardo Crema, Virmondes Rodrigues Junior, Luiz Eduardo Ramirez, Adriana Gonçalves de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000200011&lng=en&tlng=en