Cost analysis of breath test versus endoscopy for dyspepsia

Digestion

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 207-212

  Gee, I ^a   Playford, R J ^b   Turner, D ^c   Sheldon, N ^d   Wicks, A C B ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breath test; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Peptic ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREA;

EID: 0036380203     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063821     Document Type: Article

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