Is there an advantage in normalising the results of the Helicobacter pylori [13C]urea breath test for CO2 production rate in children?

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-98

  Slater, Christine ^a   Preston, Tom ^b   Weaver, Lawrence T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; CO2 production rate; Helicobacter pylori; Nitrogen 15; Urea breath test; Urea hydrolysis rate

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 1642487811     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010310001621164     Document Type: Article

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