Comparison of the C14 urea breath test and histopathology in the diagnosis of helicobacter pylori in the elderly

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1061-1065

  Atli, Teslime ^a   Sahin, Sevnaz ^b   Arslan, Bilge Ugur ^a   Varli, Murat ^a   Yalcin, Ahmet Emre ^a   Aras, Sevgi ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori infection; Histopathological; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA BREATH TEST;

AGED; BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY; UREA;

EID: 84867186690     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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