A new simple immunoassay for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection: Antigen in stool specimens

Digestion

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 456-460

  Fanti, Lorella ^a   Mezzi, Gianni ^a   Cavallero, Annalisa ^a   Gesu, Giampietro ^a   Bonato, Claudio ^a   Masci, Enzo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Feces; Helicobacter pylori; Immunoassay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPEPSIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BREATH TESTS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032771767     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007691     Document Type: Article

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