Urease-based tests for Helicobacter pylori gastritis: Accurate for diagnosis but poor correlation with disease severity

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 415-420

  Lewis, James D ^a   Kroser, Joyann ^a   Bevan, Julie ^a   Furth, Emma E ^a   Metz, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

Breath test; Duodenal ulcer; Dyspepsia; Gastric ulcer; Pathology; Peptic ulcer disease

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UREASE;

EID: 0030681323     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199709000-00003     Document Type: Article

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