Helicobacter pylori testing kits

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 23-24

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UREASE;

BREATH ANALYSIS; COST; DYSPEPSIA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; RECURRENT PEPTIC ULCER; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0030958106     PISSN: 00126543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/dtb.1997.35323     Document Type: Short Survey

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