Helicobacter pylori diagnostic tests in children: Review of the literature from 1999 to 2009

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-25

  Guarner, Jeannette ^a   Kalach, Nicolas ^b,c   Elitsur, Yoram ^d   Koletzko, Sibylle ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Cochin St Vincent de Paul Hospital ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^d MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Helicobacter pylori; Histology; Serology; Stool; Urea breath tests

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CARBON 13; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; UREASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STOMACH BIOPSY; UREA BREATH TEST;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREA;

EID: 71449128218     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-009-1033-x     Document Type: Review

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