Frequency of Helicobacter pylori infection using 13C-UBT in Asymptomatic Individuals of Barakaho, Islamabad, Pakistan

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 379-381

  Rasheed, Faisal ^a   Ahmad, Tanvir ^a   Bilal, Rakhshanda ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

13C UBT; Age; Asymptomatic subjects; Gender; Helicobacter (H.) pylori.

Indexed keywords

UREA C 13;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORANGE JUICE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958813945     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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