Can fall in anti-H. pylori IgG titres indicate eradication?

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 689-691

  Kate, V ^a   Ananthakrishnan, N ^a   Badrinath, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; DUODENUM ULCER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

BREATH TESTS; DUODENAL ULCER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0036561521     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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