Usefulness of the 14C urea breath test as a semi-quantitative monitoring instrument after therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 112-117

  Van De Wouw, B A M ^b   De Boer, W A ^a   Hermsen, H W E M ^b   Valkenburg, J G M ^b   Geuskens, L M ^b   Tytgat, G N J ^b  

^a ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

14C urea breath test; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BISMUTH CITRATE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; UREA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA;

EID: 0030614958     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529709000180     Document Type: Article

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