Breath sample collection through the nostril reduces false-positive results of 13C-urea breath test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 661-665

  Urita, Y ^a,b   Hike, K ^a   Torii, N ^a   Kikuchi, Y ^a   Kanda, E ^a   Kurakata, H ^a   Sasajima, M ^a   Miki, K ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C urea breath test; H. pylori; Sample collection through the nostril

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA BREATH TEST; BREATH ANALYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA;

EID: 16644387112     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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