Do patients need to fast for a 13C-urea breath test?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-277

  Moayyedi, Paul ^a   Braunholtz, David ^b   Heminbrough, Elaine ^a   Clough, Michael ^a   Tompkins, David S ^c   Mapstone, Nic P ^b   Mason, Su ^d   Dowell, Anthony C ^b   Richards, I D Gerald ^b   Chalmers, Douglas M ^a   Axon, Anthony T ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Leeds Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^d United Kingdom   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C urea breath test; Diagnosis; H. pylori

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; GOLD; UREA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET RESTRICTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

EID: 8044239631     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199703000-00010     Document Type: Article

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