Diagnostic tests for Helicobacter pylori - Can they help select patients for endoscopy?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1018, 1996, Pages 95-98

  Fraser, Alan G ^a,d   Ali, M Rafiq ^b   McCullough, Susan ^b   Yeates, Nigel J ^b   Haystead, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPEPSIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UREA;

EID: 0030597657     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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