International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 145-153 , December 2008

Helicobacter Pylori Infection in the Elderly

  • Jyh-Ming Liou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jaw-Town Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Chia Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Division of Biostatistics, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Ying Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Veteran General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Shiang Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Professor Ming-Shiang Wu, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 15 August 2008.

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International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 145-153 , December 2008

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