The 13C-urea blood test accurately detects active Helicobacter pylori infection: A United States, multicenter trial

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1522-1524

  Chey, W D ^a   Murthy, U ^b   Toskes, P ^c   Carpenter, S ^d   Laine, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON 13; UREA; CARBON; UREASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; UNITED STATES; BIOPSY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STOMACH;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; UNITED STATES; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 0032587723     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.1137_r.x     Document Type: Article

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