Prospective blinded trial of a fecal antigen test for the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1699-1701

  Vakil, Nimish ^a,b   Affi, Abboud ^a,b   Robinson, James ^a,b   Sundaram, Meena ^a,b   Phadnis, Suhas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033944174     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)00984-9     Document Type: Article

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