Age-dependent accuracy of Helicobacter pylori antibody assays for adults, with special emphasis on atrophic gastritis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1185-1188

  Salomaa Rasanen A ^a,b   Kosunen, T U ^a   Mattila, J ^c   Sarna, S ^d   Rautelin, H ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Vammala Health Center   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH CANCER; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 9144219723     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.6.1185-1188.2004     Document Type: Article

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