Nondispersive Isotope-Selective Infrared Spectroscopy: A New Analytical Method for 13C-Urea Breath Tests

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 442-445

  Braden, B ^a,b   Schafer F ^a   Caspary, W F ^a   Lembcke, B ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breath tests; Carbon 13; Helicobacter pylori; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Nondispersive infrared spectroscopy; Stable isotope technique

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; UREA;

EID: 0029934987     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529609006762     Document Type: Article

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