Microbiological and serological diagnostic tests for Helicobacter pylori: an overview
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عنوان ژورنال: British Medical Bulletin
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0007-1420,1471-8391
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011668