Safety of14C-UBT for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in pregnancy

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 479-480

  Bentur, Yedidia ^a   Matsui, Doreen ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA C 14; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; UREA BREATH TEST; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXHALATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; UREA;

EID: 65949089372     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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