Prospective evaluation of a new "paper urease test" for ultra-rapid detection of Helicobacter pylori

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Mousavi, Shahrokh ^a,b   Moghadas, Fatemeh ^a   Semnani, Vahid ^a   Irajian, Gholam Reza ^a   Babaei, Mehdi ^a   Toussy, Jahfar ^a   Malek, Farhad ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Fast urease test; Helicobacter pylori; PUT; Rapid urease test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH BIOPSY; UREA BREATH TEST;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 33644679100     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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