Estimates of Helicobacter pylori densities in the gastric mucus layer by PCR, histologic examination, and CLOtest

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 284-288

  Nowak, Jan A ^a   Forouzandeh, Bahram ^a,b   Nowak, Jonathan A ^a  

^a ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Helicobactar pylori; Mucus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GASTRITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCUS;

EID: 0030769116     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/108.3.284     Document Type: Article

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