Evaluation of a 20 minute 14C urea breath test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-25

  Abukhadir, B A ^a   Heneghan, M A ^a   Kearns, M ^a   Little, C L ^a   McCarthy, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ANTRUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYLORIC ANTRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA;

EID: 0031617067     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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