Prospective comparison of rapid urease tests (PyloriTek, CLO test) for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in symptomatic children: A pediatric multicenter study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-219

  Elitsur, Yoram ^a   Hill, Ivor ^b   Lichtman, Steven N ^b   Rosenberg, Allan J ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYLORIC ANTRUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

EID: 0032008380     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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