Urea breath test in children: The united states prospective, multicenter study

Helicobacter

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-140

  Elitsur, Yoram ^a   Tolia, Vasundhara ^b   Gilger, Mark A ^c,d   Reeves Garcia, Jesse ^e   Schmidt Sommerfeld, Eberhard ^f   Opekun, Antone R ^d   El Zimaity, Hala ^d   Graham, David Y ^d,g   Enmei, Kyoko ^h  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; H. pylori; UBT

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CITRIC ACID; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STOMACH BIOPSY; UNITED STATES; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UREA;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 62149112881     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2009.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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