Diagnostic tests for Helicobacter pylori: A prospective evaluation of their accuracy, without selecting a single test as the gold standard

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2125-2129

  Thijs, J C ^a   Van Zwei, A A ^b   Thijs, W J ^b   Oey, H B ^b   Karrenbeld, A ^b   Stellaard, F ^b   Luijt, D S ^b   Meyer, B C ^b   Kleibeuker, J H ^b  

^a Bethesda Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029845791     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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