Comparison of three urease tests for detection of Helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsy specimens

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 911-914

  Boyanova, Ludmila ^a,g   Stancheva, Irina ^b   Todorov, Dragomir ^b   Kumanova, Radka ^c   Petrov, Stephan ^d   Vladimirov, Borislav ^e   Pehlivanov, Nonko ^f   Mitova, Rumiana ^e   Chakarski, Ivan ^e   Churchev, Lordan ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b Department of Gastroenterology   (Bulgaria)

^c University Paediatric Hospital   (Bulgaria)

^d Department of Pathology   (Bulgaria)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^g NONE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Helicobacter heilmanii; Helicobacter pylori; Urease test

Indexed keywords

AGAR; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN; UREA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

EID: 10144253126     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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