Stool antigen test for the diagnosis of Helicobocter pylori infection: A systematic review

Helicobacter

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-368

  Gisbert, Javier P ^a,b   Pajares, José María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Faecal; Faeces; Helicobacter pylori; HpSA; Stool

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOOL ANTIGEN TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FECES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 3343017353     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-4389.2004.00235.x     Document Type: Review

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