Symptomatic Helicobacter pylori infection in young patients with severe neurologic impairment.

Proujansky, R; Shaffer, S E; Vinton, N E; Bachrach, S J · J Pediatr · 1994

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

Helicobacter pylori infection was identified in five patients with profound neurologic impairment who were undergoing evaluation for gastrointestinal symptoms, and it was subsequently identified in 7 of 61 patients with symptoms whose condition was evaluated prospectively. Institutionalized patients were at greater risk of infection. Treatment of H. pylori infection resulted in symptomatic improvement for the majority of patients.

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