Helicobacter pylori infection: Comparison of diagnostic tests;Diagnostica dell'infezione da Helicobacter pylori: Tecniche a confronto

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 332-335

  Gallo, Nicoletta ^b   Basso, Daniela ^b   Zambon, Carlo Federico ^b   Navaglia, Filippo ^b   Di Mario, Francesco ^a   Rugge, Massimo ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Gastroenterologia ^*

Author keywords

Fecal antigen; Helicobacter pylori; HpSA; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BREATH TESTS; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; UREA;

EID: 0035345306     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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