diagnostic performance of gastric imprint smear for determination of helicobacter pylori infection
;J Al-Ali;F Al-Asfar;R Dhar;PM Dhar;K Kapila
indian journal of pharmacology2010Vol. 24pp. 603-606
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al-ali2010canadiandiagnostic
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Despite the availability of several methods (invasive and noninvasive) for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection, no test is considered to be the ‘gold standard’. Endoscopy-based tests are regarded as the reference method in most studies.