The Pyloritek test and the CLO test: Accuracy and incremental cost analysis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 254-257

  Puetz, Tom ^a   Vakil, Nimish ^a   Phadnis, Suhas ^a   Dunn, Bruce ^a   Robinson, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA; BIOPSY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYLORIC ANTRUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UREASE;

EID: 0031039064     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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