How to test for helicobacter pylori in 2005

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.2, 2004, Pages

  Vakil, Nimish ^a   Fendrick, A Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; ECONOMICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; DYSPEPSIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884547930     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.72.Suppl_2.S8     Document Type: Review

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