Possible role of Helicobacter pylori serology in reducing endoscopy workload.
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Possible role of Helicobacter pylori serology in reducing endoscopy workload.
We validated a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Helico-G, in diagnosing H. pylori in 129 patients (mean age 50 years, range 15-86). We analysed the results of endoscopy against serology to see whether there was a possibility of adopting the strategy of not endoscoping dyspeptic subjects under the age of 45. H. pylori infection was considered present if either histology and/...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.70.829.809