Noninvasive tests to diagnose Helicobacter pylori infection

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 351-352

  Gatta, Luigi ^a   Ricci, Chiara ^a   Tampieri, Andrea ^a   Vaira, Dino ^a  

^a Nuove Patologie ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DYSPEPSIA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PEPTIC ULCER; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STOMACH CANCER; UREA BREATH TEST; URINALYSIS; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

BREATH TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1542705906     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-003-0044-4     Document Type: Note

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