Evaluation of the flexsure HP whole blood antibody test for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2119-2123

  Sadowski, Daniel ^b   Cohen, Hartley ^b   Laine, Loren ^b   Greenberg, Paul ^b   Goldstein, Jay ^b   Mihalov, Michael ^b   Cutler, Alan F ^a  

^a SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UREASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032466916     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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