Pearls and pitfalls of assessing Helicobacter pylori status

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 375-377

  Nurgalieva, Z Z ^a   Graham, D Y ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Stool antigen; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; UREA;

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ERADICATION THERAPY; FECES ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH FOLLICLE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STANDARD; STOMACH BIOPSY; UREA BREATH TEST; ARTICLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0142093588     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00166-X     Document Type: Article

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