Validity of a helicobacter pylori stool antigen assay for the assessment of H. pylori status following eradication therapy

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 673-676

  Leodolter, Andreas ^a   Agha Amiri, Karin ^a   Peitz, Ulrich ^a   Gerards, Claudia ^a   Ebert, Matthias P ^a   Malfertheiner, Peter ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breath test; Diagnosis; Faeces; Helicobacter pylori; Human; Immunoassay; Sensitivity and specificity; Treatment outcome; Urea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; ROC CURVE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034966195     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200106000-00010     Document Type: Article

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