Abstract
As part of a large, prospective study we investigated the prevalenceHelicobacter pylori serum antibodies in children with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP). All patients suffered from recurrent bouts of abdominal pain for at least 6 months and ranged in age from 6 to 12 years.H. pylori antibodies were detected using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The prevalence ofH. pylori antibodies in the RAP group was compared to that of a control group which consisted predominantly of pre-operative children. None of the control group suffered or had suffered from RAP. Antibodies toH. pylori were found in 7 of 82 (8.5%) RAP patients and in 2 of 39 (5.1%) control children. The latter difference is not significant and suggests that RAP is only rarely caused in children byH. pylori infection.
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Abbreviations
- OD:
-
optical density unit
- RAP:
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recurrent abdominal pain
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van der Meer, S.B., Forget, P.P., Loffeld, R.J.L.F. et al. The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori serum antibodies in children with recurrent abdominal pain. Eur J Pediatr 151, 799–801 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01957927
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