Outcomes of initial noninvasive Helicobacter pylori testing in U.S. Primary care patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2051-2057

  Ladabaum, Uri ^a   Fendrick, A Mark ^a,b   Scheiman, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; ERADICATION THERAPY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034943656     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02501-1     Document Type: Article

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