Validation of 14c-urea breath test for diagnosis of helicobacter pylori

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-7

  Mattar, Rejane ^a   Silva, Fernando Marcuz ^a   Alexandrino, Ana Maria ^a   Laudanna, Antonio Atílio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

14c urea breath test; Helicobacter pylori diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UREA;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 0032616312     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651999000100002     Document Type: Article

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