Role of rapid urease test and histopathology in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in a developing country

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Yakoob, Javed ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a   Abid, Shahab ^a   Jafri, Nadim ^a   Abbas, Zaigham ^a   Hamid, Saeed ^a   Islam, Muhammad ^a   Annis, Kashif ^a   AliShah, Hasnain ^a   Shaikh, Hizbullah ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; UREASE; PROTON PUMP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SELF MEDICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROTON PUMPS; TIME FACTORS; UREASE;

EID: 28844437327     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-5-38     Document Type: Article

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