Microdose 14C-urea breath test offers diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori in 10 minutes

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-238

  Peura, David A ^a   Pambianco, Daniel J ^b   Dye, Kevin R ^b   Lind, Christopher ^c   Frierson, Henry F ^a   Hoffman, Susie R ^d   Combs, Matthew J ^d   Guilfoyle, Elizabeth ^b   Marshall, Barry J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b GI Division ^*  (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRI Med Specialties   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UREA; UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 0029671335     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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