Diagnosis of helicobacter pylori: Improving the sensitivity of CLOtest by increasing the number of gastric antral biopsies

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-360

  Siddique, Iqbal ^a,b   Al Mekhaizeem, Khalid ^b   Alateeqi, Nabeel ^b   Memon, Anjum ^c   Hasan, Fuad ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C urea breath test; Diagnosis; Gastric biopsy; H. pylori; Rapid urease test

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEARTBURN; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYLORIC ANTRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREASE;

EID: 41349102187     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31802b650d     Document Type: Article

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