Sensitivity is not an intrinsic property of a diagnostic test: Empirical evidence from histological diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lunet, Nuno ^a,b   Peleteiro, Bárbara ^a,b   Carrilho, Carla ^c   Figueiredo, Céu ^a,b   Azevedo, Ana ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPEPSIA; ERADICATION THERAPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOZAMBIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; ADULT; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PYLORIC ANTRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74549131005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-9-98     Document Type: Article

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