The effect of blood on rapid urease test for Helicobacter pylon detection : An in vitro study

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Tangmankongworakoon, Nathaya ^a   Kullavanijaya, Finit ^a   Vilaichone, Ratha Korn ^a   Mahachai, Varocha ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Peptic Ulcer Bleeding; Urease Test

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ANTRUM;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PROBABILITY; PYLORIC ANTRUM; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

EID: 0142033852     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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