Rapid diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in gastric imprint smears

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 676-680

  Kaur, Gurjeet ^a,b   Madhavan, Manoharan ^a   Basri, Amir Hakim ^a   Sain, Abdul Hamid Mat ^a   Hussain, Mohd Shaiful Bahrun ^a   Yatiban, Mohd Kamal ^a   Naing, Nyi Nyi ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; STAINING; STOMACH; STOMACH BIOPSY;

EID: 8444232897     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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