Helicobacter pylori "test-and-treat" strategy is not suitable for the management of patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia in Shanghai

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1028-1031

  Li, Xiao Bo ^a   Liu, Wen Zhong ^a   Ge, Zhi Zheng ^a   Chen, Xiao Yu ^a   Shi, Yao ^a   Xiao, Shu Dong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

"Test and endoscopy" strategy; "Test and treat" strategy; Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Safety; Uninvestigated dyspepsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM CANCER; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 24744463101     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520510023206     Document Type: Article

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