Cut-off point, timing and pitfalls of the 13C-urea breath test as measured by infrared spectrometry

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-35

  Mana, F ^a   Franken, P R ^b   Ham, H R ^c   Urbain, D ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; UBT

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON 13; CITRIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; CARBON UREA BREATH TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INGESTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STOMACH BIOPSY; TIME;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; UREA;

EID: 0035110735     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(01)80132-8     Document Type: Article

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