Stool antigen test in diagnosis of helicobacter pylori in older adults with dyspepsia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1769-1770

  Kamel, Heba Y ^a   Abd Al Atty, Muhammad F ^a   El Banoby, Mohamed H ^a   El Baz, Ahmed A ^a   Sakr, Mohamed A ^a   Ahmed, Naglaa S ^a   Abdel Rahman, Amany T ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HELICOBACTER ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH BIOPSY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPEPSIA; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE;

EID: 80054743211     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03579.x     Document Type: Letter

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