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Prevalence of Antibody to Helicobacter pylori in Children in Northern Nigeria

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Helicobacter pylori and Gastroduodenal Pathology

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Helicobacter pylori infection is uncommon in children in the West [1], but it is important to remember that H. pylori infection has a worldwide distribution. The social, cultural and environmental influences on populations in the developing world are very different and have a profound effect on the infection profile.

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  1. Academic Department of Surgery, University of Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria

    C. Holcombe, S. Tsimiri & D. M. Jones

  2. Public Health Laboratory, Manchester, UK

    J. Eldridge

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  1. Hospital de la Princesa, Autonoma University of Madrid, Diego de Leon, 62, 28006, Madrid, Spain

    José M. Pajares M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Medicine, Head of Department of Gastroenterology) (Professor of Medicine, Head of Department of Gastroenterology)

  2. Free University of Amsterdam, De Boelelaam 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    A. Salvador Peña M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Gastrointestinal Immunology) (Professor of Gastrointestinal Immunology)

  3. Abt. Innere Medizin II, Universitäts Klinik Ulm, Robert-Koch-Str. 8, W-7900, Ulm, Germany

    Peter Malfertheiner Prof. Dr. med.

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Holcombe, C., Tsimiri, S., Jones, D.M., Eldridge, J. (1993). Prevalence of Antibody to Helicobacter pylori in Children in Northern Nigeria. In: Pajares, J.M., Peña, A.S., Malfertheiner, P. (eds) Helicobacter pylori and Gastroduodenal Pathology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77486-7_45

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