Rapid urease test: Effect of preimmersion of biopsy forceps in formalin

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 744-746

  Castellote, José ^a   Guardiola, Jordi ^a   Porta, Francesc ^a   Falcó, Aurora ^a  

^a Hospital General de Manresa   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENZYMOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; GASTROSCOPES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERILIZATION; UREASE;

EID: 0035377043     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.114786     Document Type: Article

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