Extradigestive Manifestation of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Children and Adolescents

Helicobacter pylori infection fulfills each of Koch's postulates as a human pathogen causing chronic active gastritis. Disease consequences that develop in a subset of infected subjects include peptic ulcerations, gastric adenocarcinoma and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. More recen...

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Main Authors: Philip M Sherman, Frank YH Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2005-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/971974