13C-urea breath test threshold calculation and evaluation for the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in children

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Herold, Ralf ^a   Becker, Michael ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; UREA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA BREATH TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EVALUATION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FASTING; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA;

EID: 18744366677     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-2-12     Document Type: Article

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