Endoscopic 13C-urea breath test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-77

  Peng, N J ^a   Lai, K H ^a   Liu, R S ^b   Lee, S C ^c   Tsay, D G ^a   Lo, C C ^a   Tseng, H H ^a   Huang, W K ^a   Lo, G H ^a   Hsu, P I ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CLO test; Culture; Endoscopic urea breath test; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; UREA BREATH TEST; ADULT; AGED; BREATH ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH DISEASES; UREA;

EID: 0042768065     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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