CLO™ vs histology: Optimal numbers and site of gastric biopsies to diagnose Helicobacter pylori

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 387-390

  Vassallo, Joseph ^a   Hale, Richard ^b   Ahluwalia, Navneet Kumar ^b  

^a ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; CLO ; Diagnosis; Helicobacter pylori; Histology

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ANTRUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; GASTRITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYLORIC ANTRUM; UREASE;

EID: 0034744636     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200104000-00014     Document Type: Article

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