The TETRA Study: A prospective evaluation of Helicobacter pylori 'Test-and-Treat' Strategy on 736 Patients in Clinical Practice

Helicobacter

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-38

  Gisbert, Javier P ^a,d   Badía, Xavier ^b,c   Rosett, Montserrat ^b   Pajares, José María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b Health Outcomes Research Europe   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Helicobacter pylori; Proton pump inhibitor; Test and treat; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEST AND TREAT STRATEGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UREA BREATH TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 1342281526     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-4389.2004.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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