Noninvasive detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in clinical practice: The 13C urea breath test

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 690-694

  Klein, Peter D ^a   Malaty, Hoda M ^a   Martin, Robert F ^a   Graham, Kathleen S ^a   Genta, Robert M ^a   Graham, David Y ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DUODENUM ULCER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DUODENAL ULCER; EVALUATION STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 0029872421     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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