Comparison between a rapid office-based and ELISA serologic test in screening for Helicobacter pylori in children

Helicobacter

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 180-184

  Elitsur, Y ^a,b   Neace, C ^a   Triest, W E ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031309537     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.1997.tb00084.x     Document Type: Article

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