Open AccessHelicobacter Pylori: Prevalence and relationship with abdominal pain in school children in makkah city, western Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Abdulwahab Telmesani
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.45359
Subject(s) - helicobacter pylori , medicine , odds ratio , abdominal pain , confidence interval , gastroenterology , demography , sociology
The published data on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) prevalence and its relationship with abdominal pain in Saudi Arabia is scarce. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of H. pylori and its relationship with chronic recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) among school students in Makkah City, Saudi Arabia.