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Volume 12, Number 1—January 2006
Letter

Helicobacter pylori and Immunocompromised Children

Prakaimuk Nutpho* and Nuthapong Ukarapol*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Main Article

Table

Helicobacter pylori stool antigen test results in immunocompromised children and primary diagnosis*

Primary diagnosis H. pylori stool antigen test
No. positive No. negative
Malignancy
Leukemia 8 21
Lymphoma 2 3
Neuroblastoma 0 7
Retinoblastoma 0 2
Nonmalignancy
Nephrotic syndrome 1 8
SLE 0 6
Chronic renal failure 1 1

*SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.

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