Applicability of a short/rapid 13C-urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori: Retrospective multicenter chart review study

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schmilovitz Weiss, Hemda ^a   Sehayek Shabat, Vered ^a   Eliakim, Rami ^b   Skapa, Eitan ^a   Avni, Yona ^a   Shirin, Haim ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breath test; Breathid ; Helicobacter pylori; Test duration

Indexed keywords

UREA C 13; CARBON; UREA;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; UREA BREATH TEST; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UREA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84855899013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-8     Document Type: Article

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