Helicobacter priori stool antigen test: Clinical evaluation and cost analysis of a new enzyme immunoassay

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2303-2306

  Trevisani, Lucio ^a,b,c   Sartori, Sergio ^a,b   Ruina, Marco ^a,b   Caselli, Michele ^a,b   Rossi, Maria Rita ^a,b   Costa, Francesco ^a,b   Bellini, Massimo ^a,b   Iaquinto, Gaetano ^a,b   Gardullo, Nicola ^a,b   Todisco, Anna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b S G MOSCATI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Enzyme immunoassay; Feces, Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; ECONOMICS; FECES; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032589943     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026621207664     Document Type: Article

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