Comparison of different criteria for interpretation of immunoglobulin G immunoblotting results for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 569-576

  Lepper, Philipp M ^a   Möricke, Angelika ^a   Vogt, Konstanze ^b   Bode, Günter ^a   Trautmann, Matthias ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KATHARINENHOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; STOMACH BIOPSY; UREA BREATH TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

EID: 2442705477     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.3.569-576.2004     Document Type: Article

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