Testing for Helicobacter pylori infection: Validation and diagnostic yield of a near patient test in primary care

BMJ

Volumn 319, Issue 7219, 1999, Pages 1236-1239

  Duggan, Anne E ^a   Elliott, Catherine ^a   Logan, Richard F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIULCER AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; STOMACH ULCER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033530486     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7219.1236     Document Type: Article

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