Helicobacter pylori testing in the primary care setting: Which diagnostic test should be used?

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1205-1210

  Weijnen, C F ^a   De Wit, N J ^a   Numans, M E ^b   Kuipers, E J ^a   Hoes, A W ^b   Verheij, T J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA;

EID: 0034912818     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2001.01047.x     Document Type: Article

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