Do commercial serological kits for Helicobacter pylori infection differ in accuracy? A meta-analysis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1138-1144

  Loy, Clement T ^b   Irwig, Les M ^a   Katelaris, Peter H ^b   Talley, Nicholas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0029885264     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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