Comparison of serum IgA and IgG antibodies for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 548-552

  Urita, Yoshihisa ^a,b   Hike, Kazuo ^a   Torii, Naotaka ^a   Kikuchi, Yoshinori ^a   Kurakata, Hidenori ^a   Kanda, Eiko ^a   Sasajima, Masahiko ^a   Miki, Kazumasa ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrophic gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; IgA antibody; IgG antibody; Intestinal metaplasia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLENE BLUE; UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 4444358157     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.548     Document Type: Article

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