Comparative diagnostic value of the breath test and the urine test with 14C-urea in the detection of the Helicobacter pylori infection

Nuclear Medicine Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-24

  Kopański, Zbigniew ^a   Jung, Aleksandra ^a   Wasilewska Radwańska, Marta ^a   Kuc, Tadeusz ^a   Schlegel Zawadzka, Małgorzata ^a   Witkowska, Bozena ^a  

^a Military Clinical Hospital Krakow   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breath test with 14C urea; Chronic gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Urine test with 14C urea

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; UREA BREATH TEST; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0036302746     PISSN: 15069680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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