Efficacy of noninvasive tests in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in pediatric patients

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-241

  Sabbi, Tamara ^a,b   De Angelis, Paola ^b   Colistro, Franco ^b   Dall'Oglio, Luigi ^b   Di Abriola, Giovanni Federici ^b   Castro, Massimo ^b  

^a BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CAGA PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UREASE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME ASSAY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYLORIC ANTRUM; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

EID: 14644422647     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.3.238     Document Type: Article

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