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Unintended consequences of Helicobacter pylori infection in children in developing countries: iron deficiency, diarrhea, and growth retardation.
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- Is Helicobacter pylori Infection Associated with Celiac Disease? A Meta-analysis.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2022Pooled it
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- Prevalence of enteric pathogens in mothers and children from communities in the La Paz River Basin Bolivia; associations with water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions.Journal of water and health · 2026Article
- Endoscopic and histopathological findings in children with growth retardation.Northern clinics of Istanbul · 2025Article
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- Seasonal differences in intestinal flora are related to rats' intestinal water metabolism.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Effects ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- When Should Endoscopic Interventions Be Performed in Children with Severe Anemia?Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Diagnostic Challenges ofCanadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2022Article
- Concurrent infection of intestinal parasites andParasite epidemiology and control · 2020Article
- Association betweenExperimental and therapeutic medicine · 2020Article
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- Helicobacter pylori among symptomatic Egyptian children: prevalence, risk factors, and effect on growth.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2019Article
- Understanding the full clinical spectrum of childhood diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries.The Lancet. Global health · 2019Article
- Association between infection withBMJ open · 2019Article
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- Helicobacter pylori Infection in Pediatric Patients: Update on Diagnosis and Eradication Strategies.Paediatric drugs · 2018Review
- Helicobacter pylori infection and serum leptin, obestatin, and ghrelin levels in Mexican schoolchildren.Pediatric research · 2017Article
- Dietary Composition Influences Incidence of Helicobacter pylori-Induced Iron Deficiency Anemia and Gastric Ulceration.Infection and immunity · 2016Article
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Abstract
Helicobacter pylori infection is predominantly acquired early in life. The prevalence of the infection in childhood is low in developed countries, whereas in developing countries most children are infected by 10 y of age. In poor resource settings, where malnutrition, parasitic/enteropathogen and H. pylori infection co-exist in young children, H. pylori might have potentially more diverse clinical outcomes. This paper reviews the impact of childhood H. pylori infection in developing countries that should now be the urgent focus of future research. The extra-gastric manifestations in early H. pylori infection in infants in poor resource settings might be a consequence of the infection associated initial hypochlorhydria. The potential role of H. pylori infection on iron deficiency, growth impairment, diarrheal disease, malabsorption and cognitive function is discussed in this review.
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