Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection after gastric surgery for peptic ulcer: Is the rapid urease test useful?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 586-589

  Leung, W K ^a   Lee, Y T ^a   Choi, C L ^a   Chan, F K L ^a   Ching, J ^a   Sung, J J Y ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gastrectomy; Helicobacter pylori; Rapid urease test; Vagotomy

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH SURGERY; VAGOTOMY;

BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYLORIC ANTRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 0031836132     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529850171837     Document Type: Article

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