Absence of Helicobacter pylori is not protective against peptic ulcer bleeding in elderly on offending agents: lessons from an exceptionally low prevalence population

Aim. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is exceptionally rare in population from the north-eastern region of Peninsular Malaysia. This provides us an opportunity to contemplate the future without H. pylori in acute non-variceal upper gas- trointestinal (GI) bleeding. Methods. All cases in...

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Main Authors: Yeong, Yeh Lee, Nordin, Noridah, Syed Abdul Aziz, Syed Hassan, Menon, Jayaram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ 2014
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/38237/1/Absence_of_Helicobacter_pylori_is_not.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/38237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24688841
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