Comparison of stool immunoassay with standard methods for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection

BMJ

Volumn 319, Issue 7222, 1999, Pages 1409-

  Lehmann, Frank ^a   Drewe, Jürgen ^a   Terracciano, Luigi ^a   Stuber, Robert ^a   Frei, Reno ^a   Beglinger, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033610763     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1409     Document Type: Article

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