Does low dose 13C-urea breath test maintain a satisfactory accuracy in diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection?;Precisão do teste respiratório com pequenas doses de ureia marcada com carbono-13 no diagnóstico da infecção por Helicobacter pylori

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-108

  Coelho, Luiz Gonzaga Vaz ^a   da Silva jr, Arilto Eleutério ^a   Coelho, Maria Clara de Freitas ^b   Penna, Francisco Guilherme Cancela ^a   Ferreira, Rafael Otto Antunes ^a   Santa Cecilia, Elisa Viana ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina de Barbacena   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breath tests; Helicobacter infections

Indexed keywords

UREA C 13;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959658224     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: 16784219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-28032011000200004     Document Type: Article

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