Comparison of endoscopy-based and serum-based methods for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Garza González, Elvira ^a   Bosques Padilla, Francisco J ^a   Tijerina Menchaca, Rolando ^a   Flores Gutiérrez, Juan P ^a   Maldonado Garza, Héctor J ^a   Pérez Pérez, Guillermo I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Helicobacter; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UREASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0037309322     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/431686     Document Type: Article

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