Fingerstick Helicobacter pylori antibody test: Better than laboratory serological testing?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3464-3467

  Laine, Loren ^a   Knigge, Kandice ^b   Faigel, Douglas ^b   Margaret, Nathan ^b   Marquis, Scott P ^b   Vartan, Georgette ^a   Fennerty, M Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0032763734     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00569-9     Document Type: Article

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