Urease activity does not reflect the degree of colonization by Helicobacter pylori in children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 398-402

  Machado, Rodrigo Strehl ^a,c   Kawakami, Elisabeth ^a   Da Silva Patrício, Francy Reis ^b   Reber, Marialice ^a  

^a Peptic Diseases Outpatient Clinic   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Pediatric Gastroenterology Division   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breath test; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Urease

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PYLORIC ANTRUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 33746405710     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02228.x     Document Type: Article

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