Helicobacter pylori test-and-treat strategy in the management of dyspepsia in primary care: An overview

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-302

  Di Caro, S ^b   Cremonini, F ^b   Franceschi, F ^b   Gasbarrini, G ^b   Delgado Aros, S ^b   Lauritano, E C ^b   Gasbarrini, A ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA BREATH TEST;

DYSPEPSIA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 1942517740     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310007620     Document Type: Review

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