Does the diagnostic accuracy of the13C-urea breath test vary with age even after the application of urea hydrolysis rate?

Helicobacter

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 239-244

  Yang, Hye Ran ^a   Ko, Jae Sung ^a   Seo, Jeong Kee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

13C urea breath test; Children; Endogenous CO 2; Helicobacter pylori; Urea hydrolysis rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UREA BREATH TEST; AGE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; UREA; UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BREATH TESTS; CALIBRATION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; INFANT; MALE; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 51049096600     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2008.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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