Accuracy of three diagnostic tests used alone and in combination for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with bleeding gastric ulcers

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1821-1826

  Liao, Chien Chung ^a,b   Lee, Chia Long ^a,c   Lai, Yung Chih ^a   Huang, Shih Hung ^a   Lee, Shui Cheng ^d   Wu, Chi Hwa ^a   Tu, Tien Chien ^a   Chen, Tzen Kwan ^a   Bai, Chyi Huey ^e  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breath test; Diagnostic test; Gastric ulcer; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH ULCER; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ULCER; UREA;

EID: 0742271647     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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