Rapid 13C urea breath test to identify Helicobacter pylori infection in emergency department patients with upper abdominal pain

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-282

  Meltzer, Andrew C ^a   Pierce, Rebecca ^b   Cummings, Derek A T ^b   Pines, Jesse M ^a   May, Larissa ^a   Smith, Meaghan A ^a   Marcotte, Joseph ^a   McCarthy, Melissa L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; UREA BREATH TEST;

EID: 84879109029     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.12.15173     Document Type: Article

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