Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection with a novel stool antigen- based assay in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 364-366

  Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Bode, Günter ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Stool antigen assay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CARBON 13; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BREATH TESTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FECES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 0034004210     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200004000-00026     Document Type: Article

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