13C-Urea breath test in Helicobacter pylori diagnosis and eradication. Correlation to histology, origin of 'false' results, and influence of food intake

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 308-314

  Epple, H J ^a   Kirstein, F W ^a   Bojarski, C ^a   Frege, J ^a   Fromm, M ^a   Riecken, E O ^a   Schulzke, J D ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

fasting condition; gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; stomach; urea breath test

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; EATING; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EATING; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; UREA;

EID: 0030612231     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529709007677     Document Type: Article

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