Detection of Helicobacter pylori by rapid urease tests: is biopsy size a critical variable?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 2 PART 2, 1996, Pages 222-224

  Yousfi, Mahmoud M ^a   El Zimaity, Hala M T ^a   Cole, Rhonda A ^a   Genta, Robert M ^a   Graham, David Y ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

EID: 0029991880     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5107(96)81524-0     Document Type: Article

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