Usefulness of the [13C]-urea breath test for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in fasting patients

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1039-1043

  Miwa, Hiroto ^a   Murai, Toshio ^a   Ohkura, Ryuichi ^a   Nagahara, Akihito ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a   Terai, Takeshi ^a   Watanabe, Sumio ^a   Sato, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cut off value; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FOOD; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEMALE; FOOD; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 0031593413     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1998.tb00567.x     Document Type: Article

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