Validity of a modified 13C-urea breath test for pre- and posttreatment diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in the routine clinical setting

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2100-2104

  Leodolter, Andreas ^a   Domínguez Muñoz, J Enrique ^a   Von Arnim, Ulrike ^a   Kahl, Stefan ^a   Peitz, Ulrich ^a   Malfertheiner, Peter ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CLARITHROMYCIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; ROXITHROMYCIN; UREA; CARBON; CITRIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CITRIC ACID; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UREA;

EID: 0033169229     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01284.x     Document Type: Article

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