Can the C-14 urea breath test replace follow-up endoscopic biopsies in patients treated for Helicobacter pylori infection?

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 815-819

  Ahuja, Vineet ^a   Bal, Chandreskhar S ^a   Sharma, Mahesh Prakash ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

C 14 Urea Breath Test; Duodenal Ulcer; Eradication; Helicobacter pylori; Rapid Urease Test

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; UREA; UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

2-PYRIDINYLMETHYLSULFINYLBENZIMIDAZOLES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DUODENAL ULCER; DUODENUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; OMEPRAZOLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 0031674690     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199812000-00005     Document Type: Article

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