Helicobacter pylori infection in family members of patients with gastroduodenal symptoms. A cross-sectional analytical study.

CONCLUSION: H. pylori infections exhibit intrafamilial clustering. Parental infection, age ≥ years and having three or more siblings are the major risk factors for H. pylori infection in children. PMID: 29898010 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Sao Paulo Medical Journal - June 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Palanduz A, Erdem L, Cetin BD, Ozcan NG Tags: Sao Paulo Med J Source Type: research