Accuracy and clinical utility of the mini-dose 14c-urea breath test in the evaluation of helicobacter pylori infection

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 771-776

  Jensen, G ^a   Friedenberg, F ^a   Levine, G ^a   Gujral, N ^a   Proenza, J ^a   Zaeri, N ^a   Braitman, L E ^a   Tran, H D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA;

EID: 0031660345     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199808000-00007     Document Type: Article

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