Usefulness of the immunological rapid urease test for detection of Helicobacter pylori in patients who are reluctant to undergo endoscopic biopsies

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2302-2305

  Isomoto, Hajime ^a   Kawazoe, Kaoru ^a   Inoue, Kenichiro ^b   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Inoue Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Cardiovascular diseases; Helicobacter pylori; Immunological rapid urease test; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

EID: 33846945414     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9389-5     Document Type: Article

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