Evaluation of a liquid urease test (LUT) for detection of Helicobacter pylori

Acta Gastroenterologica Latinoamericana

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-78

  Montes, H ^a   Salmen, S ^b   Dolfo, W ^a   Asmiria, Sotolongo ^a   Pierina, Petrosino ^a   Donis, J ^a   Lisbeth, Berrueta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad De Los Andes Facultad de Medicina   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; H. Pylori; Liquid test; Urease

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYLORIC ANTRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

EID: 3042582957     PISSN: 03009033     EISSN: 03009033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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