Can the urea breath test for H.pylori replace endoscopy for the assessment of dyspepsia in primary care?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1058, 1998, Pages 11-14

  Fraser, Alan G ^a   McIntosh, Christine ^a   Berry, Stuart ^a   Moore, Lilian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PILOT STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH TESTS; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREA;

EID: 0032559094     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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