Could the [14C]urea breath test be proposed as a 'Gold Standard' for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection?

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  González, Patricio ^a   Galleguillos, Cecilia ^a   Massardo, Teresa ^a   Rivera, Marcela ^a   Morales, Antonio ^a   Smok, Gladys ^a   Moyano, Leonor ^a   Pimentel, Cristián ^a   Alay, Rita ^a   Otárola, Sonia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carbon 14 urea breath test; Gastric disorders; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BISMUTH; CARBON 14; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; UREA; CARBON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH ULCER; UREA BREATH TEST; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UREA;

EID: 0141483681     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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