Transport and storage of fresh and frozen gastric biopsy specimens for optimal recovery of Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3764-3766

  Heep, Markus ^a   Scheibl, Karl ^a   Degrell, Andrea ^a   Lehn, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; FREEZING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STORAGE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032836129     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3764-3766.1999     Document Type: Article

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