[The investigation of children's Helicobacter pylori infection by 13C-urea breath test in Yangzhong area of Jiangsu province].
OBJECTIVE
Yangzhong area in Jiangsu province is one of the places in China with high gastric cancer incidence (73.19/1000,00). In order to investigate the relations between gastric cancer and helicobacter pylori infection rate.


METHODS
13C-urea breath test was conducted for 119 children aged from 4 to 12 years old.


CONCLUSIONS
Total H. pylori infection rate was 73.11%, and 81.08% for boys, 60.00% for girls.
Jiang
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PUMC Hospital CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730.
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Hu
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Lu
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Li
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D001944:Breath Tests; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D014508:Urea
D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D014508:Urea