Helicobacter pylori test-and-eradicate versus prompt endoscopy for management of dyspeptic patients

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9228, 2000, Pages 455-460

  Touborg Lassen, Annmarie ^a   Møller Pedersen, Finn ^a   Bytzer, Peter ^b   Schaffalitzky De Muckadell, Ove B ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCREENING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0342810005     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02553-8     Document Type: Article

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