Methodological validation and clinical usefulness of carbon-14-urea breath test for documentation of presence and eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1141-1145

  Desroches, Joël J ^a,b   Lahaie, Raymond G ^a   Picard, Michel ^a   Morais, Jacques ^a   Dumont, André ^a   Gaudreau, Christiane ^a   Picard, Daniel ^a   Chartrand, Raymonde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Hôpital Saint Luc ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon urea; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Peptic ulcer disease; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT PEPTIC ULCER; SEROCONVERSION;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PEPTIC ULCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA;

EID: 0030877182     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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