Touch cytology in diagnosing Helicobacter pylori: Comparison of four staining methods

Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-184

  Hashemi, M R ^a   Rahnavardi, M ^a,c   Bikdeli, B ^a   Dehghani Zahedani, M ^b   Iranmanesh, F ^b  

^a AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cytodiagnosis; Exfoliative cytology; Gastrointestinal pathology; Helicobacter pylori; Peptic ulcers; Staining method; Touch cytology

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GIEMSA STAIN; GRAM STAINING; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID UREASE TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH MUCOSA; TOUCH CYTOLOGY; WRIGHT STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 44049099425     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2007.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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