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The necessity and appropriate range of the diagnostic “gray zone” of (13)C-urea breath test

BACKGROUND: The (13)C-urea breath test ((13)C-UBT) is preferred for non-invasive detection of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori); however, its accuracy drops when results fall between 2‰ and 6‰ (called the gray zone). This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of (13)C-UBT (cut-off point 4‰) between 2‰...

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Autores principales: Yin, Zhihao, Xiao, Shiyu, Tian, Xueli, Yuan, Ziying, Zhou, Liya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9752539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35259858
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjg.sjg_638_21